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Not valid examples. For all its cruelty, the Nazi campaign against European Jews did not concern the Indians as it was not against one of them. So an Indian might have an academic interest in that like historians or some Indian jews might have feelings for their co-religionists. But for the absolute majority, its just an academic interest, a dark chapter in a far away land. How many Indians you see going around cursing the Spanish or portuguese for their Inquisitions in South America, how many Indians you see care about the total genocide of native americans by the Europeans in North America ? Why..are those lives any cheaper than the lives of the Jews..no..but because they simply dont concern Indian history.
You might talk from the perspective of a historian...but that is to it. Not all are historians here. The absolute majority are not.
Coming to the second case, they are part of Indian history and there might be Indians who could have been directly affected in them. Personally I feel a lot more anger at Jallianwala Bagh than at Auchwitz. Why because those dead in the former were Indians. As simple as that.
True, We(Indians) least bother what hitler has done in Europe. European history is not our history. For us he was respectable and principle based guy who helped us in our freedom fight. Western people are fools if they believe we will hate Hitler or Swastika symbol