Holocaust Memorial Day
Discussion
A very dear departed friend and mentor had a large dark blue 'smudge' covering most of her forearm. That's what happens when an ID number is tattoed onto a toddler...
She and her slightly elder sister were the only ones to come out of the camp. Her parents having been killed months before, but the remaining adults cocooned the two kids and sacrificed their wellbeing to keep them fed and (relatively) healthy.
I'll be lighting a candle today - this is something we simply should not forget (along with similar examples of 'neighbour turning on neighbour', such as the eruption of violence in Somalia).
She and her slightly elder sister were the only ones to come out of the camp. Her parents having been killed months before, but the remaining adults cocooned the two kids and sacrificed their wellbeing to keep them fed and (relatively) healthy.
I'll be lighting a candle today - this is something we simply should not forget (along with similar examples of 'neighbour turning on neighbour', such as the eruption of violence in Somalia).
I visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem some 30 years ago. A humbling & traumatic experience that is seared in my memory.
I have also met a victim of Dr Mengele's experiments - how she survived I can't even imagine....
I'm not Jewish, but have extended family members who are.
One can only hope that this level of horror never happens again.
I have also met a victim of Dr Mengele's experiments - how she survived I can't even imagine....
I'm not Jewish, but have extended family members who are.
One can only hope that this level of horror never happens again.
RDMcG said:
Yes-never to be forgotten. I have visited some of the concentration camps and still cannot get over the organization that industrialized suffering and murder of millions of people.
Fortunately the Germans have learnt their lesson and been a model democracy ever since 1945.I've been to Dachau, which wasn't a death camp, but was class 1 horrible.
Suffering I can barely comprehend. I am not sure I could cope with a visit
to one of the Polish death camps.
The Teutonic races are all or nothing, though. If it's worth doing, then it's
worth doing it all. This can have some unexpected effects for folks more
used to a measured and balanced approach to life.
Mind you, given 1871, 1914 and 1939, it's a serious business being a German.
RDMcG said:
Yes-never to be forgotten. I have visited some of the concentration camps and still cannot get over the organization that industrialized suffering and murder of millions of people.
Fortunately the Germans have learnt their lesson and been a model democracy ever since 1945.I've been to Dachau, which wasn't a death camp, but was class 1 horrible.
Suffering I can barely comprehend. I am not sure I could cope with a visit
to one of the Polish death camps.
The Teutonic races are all or nothing, though. If it's worth doing, then it's
worth doing it all. This can have some unexpected effects for folks more
used to a measured and balanced approach to life.
Mind you, given 1871, 1914 and 1939, it's a serious business being a German.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: Doesn't seem worth a new thread but a week on from this has anyone seen the hole Whoopi Goldberg has dug, jumped into, and filled in on herself by suggesting the Holocaust wasn't about race?
Woopi's utter stupidity is brilliantly explained by David Baddiel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_KJYdKZPtQ
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