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Sniffles
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When I was a child I had a morbid and moral obsession with the Holocaust, sociopathy and torture, and as I grew older I became evermore affected by what appears/appeared to be the massive suffering inherent to life, both human and animal alike.
It's quite possible your Jewish background had something to do with that. It's quite similar when Irish people reflect upon the Potato Famine, or Blacks upon slavery, or Ukrainians on their famine. It helps establish a more personal connection with the more universal concern for human suffering, as you stated.