Holocaust Lessons

Crosblog:

The people who built, filled, and ran Auschwitz are, for the most part, dead. Pointing to their descendants and saying 'you did this' is counterproductive when there are people alive today trying to do it again. Point to them. Because while the previous Holocaust may not have been our fault, preventing the next one remains our responsibility.

Sadly, similar things happen too often and we do too little to stop them. Everyone of us has ancestors who have done horrible things, it was (hopefully no longer) a requirement for survival. We must always remember that we are fully capable of such despicable acts and that we therefore must vigilantly guard against them.