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The Auschwitz praxis was based on a new principle: for one portion of mankind, existence itself is a crime, punishable by humiliation, torture, and death. And the new world produced by this praxis included two kinds of inhabitants, those who were given the "punishment" and those who administered it.

Emil Fackenheim

Emil Fackenheim

Emil Fackenheim

Born: June 22, 1916

Died: September 18, 2003 (aged 87)

Bio: Emil Ludwig Fackenheim was a noted Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi.

Known for:

To mend the world (1982)
God's Presence in History (1970)
The Jewish return into history (1978)
The God within (1996)

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