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A Fable by Stirling Newberry Stirling Newberry is an advisor to the Jim Newberry campaign. The opinions expressed here are his own. Prolog When, after the Second World War, one young Jewish reporter wanted to know who was responsible for the genocides that we now call the Holocaust. I First he went and found a person who found Jews to send to the death camps. "Where you guilty?" "No. I just painted stars on windows." "Painted stars on windows, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people who took them away." And so he did. II "Were you guilty?" "No. I just knocked on doors and called to the people inside." "Knocked on doors, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people took them to the trains." And so he did. III "Were you guilty?" "No. I just walked with people to the train station." "Walked with people to the train station, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people who ran the trains." And so he did. IV "Were you guilty?" "No. I just ran the trains." "Ran the trains, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people who decided who was to live, and who was to die." And so he did. V "Were you guilty?" "No. I directed traffic, I pointed left, and I pointed right." "Pointed left and right, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people who ran the death chambers." And so he did. VI "Were you guilty?" "No. I just turned knobs." "Turned knobs, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people who filled the gas." And so he did. VII "Were you guilty?" "No. I just filled containers." "Filled containers, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. Go to the people who buried the dead." And so he did. VIII "Were you guilty?" "No. I just buried the dead." "Buried the dead, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. You should go to the political leaders." And so he did. IX "Were you guilty?" "No. I was just doing my duty." "Your duty, that is all?" "Yes, that is all. There would have been no trouble, if it had not been for the pictures. You should write that down." And so he did.
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