Monday, January 27, 2020

Remember the Holocaust: the least we can do


Today is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Here's a BBC report on the commemoration including the comments of various survivors:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172wq5575fk0q7


Henri Kichka speaks about his time in Auschwitz, where his father, mother, and two sisters died.

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p081b99b/-i-was-90-dead-henri-s-story-of-surviving-auschwitz


Anita Lasker Wallfisch survived by playing the cello in the camp orchestra.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030qpfr


We must stop the current genocides in Myanmar, South Sudan, Darfur, Iraq, Syria, Central African Republic, and other places.

https://www.businessinsider.com/genocides-still-going-on-today-bosnia-2017-11

We must prevent genocide in the future.

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