Holocaust Remembrance Day

[faerywings]

I know it isn't a very happy thought but today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Today marks the 75 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of the Concentration camps created and used by the Nazis. When I was a kid and we read The Diary of Anne Frank, I was horrified and thought that this should never, *could* never happen again. Sadly, some things that I see now- 7 white supremacists arrested last week in the US- show that this can happen again if we don't remember how it all starts. How it starts with words, then laws, ghettos, and deportations. The camps were not the beginning but the end, at least for 75 years. The Auschwitz Museum works hard to make sure that we don't look away, that we never forgot.
ETA: If you don't follow them on Twitter- you should https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum

Today I light a candle to remember those who did not survive, those who did but remained broken, and those who overcame the horror to begin new lives

 

[Madi]

Here we have special tv news this week/last week remembering those times. With old pictures and film. Very impressive to see and so important not to forget.

 

[Jeannette]

I saw it on the news. So sad this happened, so sad people still can't live in peace together. But we must remember!

 

[VickiStegall]

Thank you for reminding us, Chris!

 

[AZK]

I had no idea about this day, Chris. Thanks for the info. Coincidentally, I just re-watched one of my favorite movies, Fiddler On The Roof. While it doesn't deal with the Holocaust specifically, a major theme is the persecution of Jews in Russia.

Persecution of any population just because of what nationality they happened to be born into be is something I just can't wrap my mind around.