Friday, January 27, 2017
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. I looked for, but could not find any events to attend here in Valencia. In this link it says about Spain that:
"The perception of the Holocaust in Spain is still generally limited to a very basic knowledge. The main reason for this is that Spain did not directly take part in World War II and that it was overwhelmed by its own history, so the population used to perceive no connection with the events of the Holocaust"
Given what "the person who shall not be named" has done in his first week as POTUS I think this Remembrance Day is even more important today, if that is possible.
BTW, if you have not read the statements Steven Goldstein, The Executive Director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, wrote on Facebook about "him" have a read.
On January 22nd, Pope Francis had an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais. This link is the entire interview. Among other topics he "warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of "saviours" like Adolf Hitler. He also condemned the idea of using wall and barbed wire to keep out foreigners, among them refugees and migrants. "Of course, crises provoke fears and worries. The example of populism in the European sense of the word is Germany in 1933". He added "Germany....was looking for a leader, someone who would give her back her identity and that was a little man named Adolf Hitler, who said 'I can do it'" "Hitler did not steal power" "He was elected by his people and then he destroyed his people". The Germans at that time also wanted to protect themselves with "walls and barbed wire so others cannot take away their identity". "The case of Germany is classic" he said adding that Hitler gave them a "deformed identity and we know what it produce"
The World Jewish Congress started a social media campaign to raise awareness they asked people all over the world to post pictures of themselves on Facebook and Twitter with "We Remember" This is an article from the Jerusalem Post about the campaign and other information.
When I was searching the Internet for information I came across this British newspaper "The Sun" article with photos so we can all Remember this day.
WE MUST ALL REMEMBER
WE MUST ALL SPEAK UP
WE MUST NOT NOW,
NOT EVER, ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN!!!
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