Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day
Hey folks,
Yes today, 041110, IS Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. You can catch many specials on TV today, like the classic film "Diary of Anne Frank" on PBS, and many activities will be going on all over.
So WHY should Yom Hashoa be so important to non-Jews? The answer is simple. Respect, and remembrance to avoid this ever happening again. "He who is ignorant of history, is doomed to repeat it."
Look at 9/11. 3000 Americans died. We remember that dark day in our history every year. During the Holocaust, 6 MILLION Jews were tortured and killed. Does that not merit respect and remembrance?
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is the Greek meaning of "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "Racially Superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were a threat.
Jews however, were no alone. German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived "Racial Inferiority" They also targeted Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, ETC) the Disabled, Gypsies, and anyone that did not agree with them. Did not agree with them Politically. Religiously, or any excuse they decided to use.
The Holocaust ended, physically, May 7, 1945, but it will live on in the hearts and minds of many people forever. It is a forever scar on Humanity itself that will always be seen.
This is why when some of us, see another, like the original Hitler, attempting to rise to power, we yell from the roof tops, "Remember history." When people like Little Hitler, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, comes right out a denies the Holocaust in one breath, then says he will wipe Israel off the map in the next, we, who understand history, get VERY concerned. Then when that same Mahmoud Ahmadinejad starts to feverishly work on creating a Nuclear Weapon, we get EXTREMELY concerned. Then when we have a President who seems to be clueless as to history, we get ANGRY and Scare for our long time friends, and Humanity itself.
If we allow another Hitler to rise, we welcome what comes with him. On this day, and all days, we must ALWAYS remember and never forget. We must NEVER allow this to happen again. We MUST stop it by any means necessary.
Hey folks,
Yes today, 041110, IS Yom Hashoa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. You can catch many specials on TV today, like the classic film "Diary of Anne Frank" on PBS, and many activities will be going on all over.So WHY should Yom Hashoa be so important to non-Jews? The answer is simple. Respect, and remembrance to avoid this ever happening again. "He who is ignorant of history, is doomed to repeat it."
Look at 9/11. 3000 Americans died. We remember that dark day in our history every year. During the Holocaust, 6 MILLION Jews were tortured and killed. Does that not merit respect and remembrance?
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is the Greek meaning of "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "Racially Superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were a threat.
Jews however, were no alone. German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived "Racial Inferiority" They also targeted Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, ETC) the Disabled, Gypsies, and anyone that did not agree with them. Did not agree with them Politically. Religiously, or any excuse they decided to use.
The Holocaust ended, physically, May 7, 1945, but it will live on in the hearts and minds of many people forever. It is a forever scar on Humanity itself that will always be seen.
This is why when some of us, see another, like the original Hitler, attempting to rise to power, we yell from the roof tops, "Remember history." When people like Little Hitler, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, comes right out a denies the Holocaust in one breath, then says he will wipe Israel off the map in the next, we, who understand history, get VERY concerned. Then when that same Mahmoud Ahmadinejad starts to feverishly work on creating a Nuclear Weapon, we get EXTREMELY concerned. Then when we have a President who seems to be clueless as to history, we get ANGRY and Scare for our long time friends, and Humanity itself.
If we allow another Hitler to rise, we welcome what comes with him. On this day, and all days, we must ALWAYS remember and never forget. We must NEVER allow this to happen again. We MUST stop it by any means necessary.
Peter
2 comments:
Thank you for what you said in this post. I know we may not agree on 100% of the content in it, we know it is critical to teach our children (and ourselves, honestly) to be vigilant that we do not condone intolerance by our actions. Glad to see you back in the blogosphere!
Thank you Waytenmom,
Glad to be back. The only intolerance we should teach, is intolerance of evil and the things therein. That would include someone wanting to kill an entire Nation, enslave and control people, and strip others of their freewill.
We SHOULD teach our children the INTOLERANCE of these, or they, will not know any better than to accept them.
Peter
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