Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust

On Thursday, the 9th of March 2006 at 6pm, Za:misel bookstore invited you to this year's first Tema v temi lecture. We introduced the book by American philosopher Charles Patterson.

»Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: 'They're only animals.'« Theodor Adorno, philosopher, German Jew

Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust was translated into Croatian language last year. Bernard Jan, the translator, and Snježana Klopotan, both members of Animal Friends Croatia introduced the book through a discussion that was moderated by Urška Breznik.

In Eternal Treblinka, not only are we shown the common roots of Nazi genocide and modern society's enslavement and slaughter of non-human animals in unprecedented detail, but for the first time we are presented with extensive evidence of the profoundly troubling connections between animal exploitation in the United States and Hitler's Final Solution.

"Charles Patterson's book will go a long way towards righting the terrible wrongs that human beings, throughout history, have perpetrated on non-human animals. I urge you to read it and think deeply about its important message." Dr. Jane Goodall
"…promises to be one of the most influential books of the 21st century" Dr. Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns
"Whether the comparison between the extermination of the Jews and our daily slaughter of millions of 'food' animals evokes agreement or outrage, you will want to read this meticulously researched and compelling treatment of a painful and controversial subject." Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

About the auhor:
Dr. Charles Patterson has a PhD in philosophy. His most recent books are The Oxford 50th Anniversary Book of the United Nations, The Civil Rights Movement, The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (contributed 140 entries), and From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall (co-authored with Marian Filar).

This year's first Tema v temi lecture was held within the Euromayday 2006 concept, a global protest movement for globalization of the rights, freedom of the movement and citizenship and the fight against every form of exploitation. Euromayday is a step towards building a new public space, a space of collaboration, union and cheerful rebellion against the evergreen mechanisms of domination. In this spirit numerous groups and initiatives are joining the Euromayday movement: labour unions, students, animal protectors…