This mystic, "spiritual" soulmate stuff is all sillyness.. .what a bunch of nonsense.
"my one and only soulmate just happened to be born next door to me!!" - ha ha ha!
And Penkitten, no offense but your approach is also silly. People were not "put here" to influence our lives. Other people are not our pawns.
And yes, the holocaust is the perfect example to prove that people were not "put on earth" to teach others good lessons. Some would say it even proves that God does not exist (not to turn this into a religious thread!!)
Dietzcoi