Last Thursday, April 28, was Holocaust Remembrance Day. If a picture is worth a thousand words, let these pictures speak for the millions lost then- and now.
These photographs are very hard to look at. But the road to Auschwitz was paved by people who just looked the other way. Read their all-too-brief stories, note the dates and say their names. And please say a prayer for these children- and all the children who went before- and after- them.
God bless their memories.
Never again.
It is beyond painful to see all of this… yet we can NEVER forget! What is even sadder is another crazy lunatic is now doing a similar thing. Hatred and narcissism lives on.
I know that these photographs are so terrible to see. But with the world in the state that it’s in, with Anti-Semitism on the rise, and because I’ve seen too many examples of hatred and prejudice lately, I had to write about this. Not fun and frothy. But I hope my readers will understand that this could happen to anyone at any time. You days it perfectly. Thanks, Ellen
As my Grandfather would say, “There by the grace of God.”
Your grandfather did so much to bring people together. He was a great man of diplomacy and conscience. A shining example of someone who stood up and was counted. I wish he was here now. We need brave people like him more than ever. Thanks, Mary Lu.
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We can never be reminded too often. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, X-1. Your parents would have been appalled, I know, at the current state of the world. Hard to believe that Anti-Semitism and other ugly race prejudice is back rearing its ugly, evil head. Sorry to hit you all with this- but it had to be said.
Sad but true. On the bright side, this hopefully will wake people up to how fragile our constitution is and the amount of racism and Anti-Semitism that is always waiting to
rear its ugly head.
I pray you’re right. But so much factual reporting seems to point that the world is going the other way. I’ve learned my lesson from history. These terrible things could happen all over again. I hope not but… it’s not enough to just hope. Thanks,my friend.
Ellen, thank you for reminding us. The reminders can’t happen often enough. It’s particularly sad when I note these children were murdered during the first couple years of my life while I was living safely in Wilmette.
Thanks, Susan. As always, your compassion and insight are always thought- provoking. There but for the Grace of God….