Auschwitz survivors mark liberation

[Osem]

About 300 Auschwitz survivors have gathered at the site of the former Nazi death camp to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation.

The commemoration will be held at the site in southern Poland where 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were killed between 1940 and 1945.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30996555

This reminder of what awful horrors man is capable of certainly puts things into perspective. It demonstrates perfectly what can happen to those (whether Jews or not) whose only crime is to be different in some way - innocent men, women and children. No doubt the likes of IS would have no compunction about following the same route, on the same scale and for the same reasons if they were allowed to...

It's vital that these horrors are remembered and learned from.

[denphone]

Indeed Osem these horrors should never ever be forgotten but whether they are learned remains to be seen as usually somewhere down the line history generally repeats itself....

[Mr Angry]

Originally Posted by denphone

Indeed Osem these horrors should never ever be forgotten but whether they are learned remains to be seen as usually somewhere down the line history generally repeats itself....

As the Mau Mau, by way of example, know only too well.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by denphone

Indeed Osem these horrors should never ever be forgotten but whether they are learned remains to be seen as usually somewhere down the line history generally repeats itself....

Yes and as time goes on and we remain largely untouched by such horrors, the danger is that most people start to believe it can never happen again in Europe.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Osem

Yes and as time goes on and we remain largely untouched by such horrors, the danger is that most people start to believe it can never happen again in Europe.

Indeed complacency is one of our greatest enemies.

[Ignitionnet]

It's quite unfortunate that as this anniversary comes along we are seeing a new wave of anti-semitism that is sadly being ignored.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

This country. and the world must never forget about the horrors of the death camps. I sat and read a page on the death camps. An the hairs on my body were standing up with the shock and horror of what was happening

This must never be forgottn

[nashville]

we went to these camps and it was a very sad experience, There were tears and shocked faces with what they done. This should never be forgotten

[Osem]

Originally Posted by nashville

we went to these camps and it was a very sad experience, There were tears and shocked faces with what they done. This should never be forgotten

Quite. If it weren't for the evidence which was obtained by various means at the time, it's not hard to imagine that many people today would doubt it happened at all. The fact that some still do is as amazing as it is shocking.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by nashville

we went to these camps and it was a very sad experience, There were tears and shocked faces with what they done. This should never be forgotten

They should make all of Europe's school children visit