zeeskite- I have to make this comment in answer to your comments. I never said that the Holocaust was “because we kept the mitzvos”.I have always maintained that we do not know the why of the Holocaust and we should not try either.
I was commenting on the nefarious comment of apukerma who stated that religious Jews have no common tie with other jews IN DEFENDING JEWS. It is a fact that the majority of victims of the Holocaust were shomrei torah umitzvos and the german jews- many assimilated jews- escaped with their lives. Hakodosh boruch huh does not want us to be divided, especially when it comes to protect all of us.