As many people in the world take some time to remember the victims of the holocaust, for many the wounds are being cut deeper by the rhetoric of a few. While it certainly troubles me personally , we should take this time to focus on remembering the those who perished and pause for a moment to reflect on the gravity of this horrific event. By elevating those who make outragous claims of revisionist history, we are giving a pulpit to those who do not deserve one. There will be sufficient time to address these dangerous elements but I would like to spend this week reading stories, watching videotaped testimony, and if possible talk with actiual survivors and in our own individual way, remember and never ever forget. We should preserve the dignity of the perished and should have a new respect for the dignity of human life in general. I think that is something that all people should agree on.
I have walked the grounds of Aushwitz and believe me, it is chilling.
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Killing groups of people with any pretext has been a disastrous fact of human society for as long as we have walked the planet. We try and try to find the roots of such evil acts and just when we think we are “civilized” enough to avoid such brutalities, another lunatic surprises us. You’re right, nobody should dare question the dignity of the perished. I wish we would or could learn from history.
There is no question about respecting the perished. However, one has to be mindful that it makes no difference who the dead are. Innocent people who have been killed unjustly deserve the respect of all of us. The grounds of Aushwitz are indeed chilling but so are the street of Gaza! So are the grounds of Bosnia or Armenia. We are responsible and owe it to our kids to oppose acts of genocide no matter who commits them.
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