MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Dmitry...

In the letter, they write that they "have seen an alarming number of public figures use the Nazis and the Holocaust as metaphors in public debate on issues critical to" the United States.

For example, Richard Land, a leader and spokesperson in the Southern Baptist Convention, bestowed a "Joseph Mengele Award" on Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the chief health care adviser to President Barack Obama.

Mengele was a sadistic Nazi doctor who conducted experiments on death camp inmates during World War II.

The American religious leaders, who usually appeal to the world never to forget the tragedy of Jews during the Nazi rule, have this time warned against attempts "to minimize the Holocaust, ...a tragic event in which the Nazis systematically murdered six million Jews."

When the tragedy is mentioned too often and out of place, with ignoble intentions, is an insult to its victims.

Stalin"s persecution campaigns were Russia"s national Holocaust. Stalin"s modern

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