"Genetics after Auschwitz" by David Suzuki blog # 3

[sterling_k]

    David Suzuki is not some-one that I was familiar with. Maybe I should be? But I really didn’t know much about him and who he was I have heard of him before but that is about it. This piece of writing seemed more difficult for me to quite fully understand as I found it a little hard to follow. He was making references to Josef Mengele, Muller-

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[theblondeblog]

I was in the same position as you, I recognized David suzuki when I googled him but I wasn’t familiar with the work that he had done. I had never heard of Josef Mengele either. I was shocked when I googled him and learned of the experiments and horrible things he did to people during the Holocaust, which I guess answers your question to the class. I definetly agree with David Suzuki when he says “We don’t learn that geneticists were the prime movers behind the Nazi Race Purification program…”, because as I said, I had never heard of Mengele or the experiments that went on during the Holocaust. I used to think that the people were being tortured out of pure hatred and racism, not for the purpose of science. I definetly think the role scientists had in the Holocaust should be acknowledged.

[travel_bug86]

I agree with you that I found this piece hard to follow. You did a great job in summarizing the points Suzuki was trying to make in this essay, which I had some difficulty with. I also agree that this essay was aimed towards people focussed on science as well as other scientists.

As far as your question for the class, I would have to agree with Suzuki seeing as reading this article has been the first time I've learned about these facts.