"It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what
we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere." - Primo
Levi, 1986 The Drowned and the Saved
Never Forget
We must never forget what happened and remain vigilant now and in the future to battle against the mass destruction of innocent human beings. News today with polls showing that new generations are ignorant of the Holocaust is deeply troubling. As Santayana observed, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. This is why we remember and say never again.
Never Again
Unfortunately the international community has failed more than once since 1945 to prevent another mass slaughter. Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge murdered between one fourth and one third of its population between 1975 and 1979, civil libertarian Nat Hentoff pointed to another genocide that could have been stopped in Rwanda in 1994, and recently we witnessed another in Syria where religious minorities, including Christians were targeted.
Today it is also important to remember that antisemitism is on the rise world wide and people of the Jewish faith need our solidarity and support in confronting rising hatred and intolerance to ensure that what Nazi Germany did never be repeated.
Never Forget
We must never forget what happened and remain vigilant now and in the future to battle against the mass destruction of innocent human beings. News today with polls showing that new generations are ignorant of the Holocaust is deeply troubling. As Santayana observed, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. This is why we remember and say never again.
In @yadvashem there will be no ceremony on #HolocaustRemembranceDay this year due to #COVIDー19. A pandemic might stop us from coming together physically. But it will not stop us from remembering the Shoa. So I'll take part in #RememberingFromHome and read out #ShoaNames. pic.twitter.com/Kve7adrDna— Heiko Maas 🇪🇺 (@HeikoMaas) April 20, 2020
Never Again
Unfortunately the international community has failed more than once since 1945 to prevent another mass slaughter. Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge murdered between one fourth and one third of its population between 1975 and 1979, civil libertarian Nat Hentoff pointed to another genocide that could have been stopped in Rwanda in 1994, and recently we witnessed another in Syria where religious minorities, including Christians were targeted.
Today it is also important to remember that antisemitism is on the rise world wide and people of the Jewish faith need our solidarity and support in confronting rising hatred and intolerance to ensure that what Nazi Germany did never be repeated.
WATCH: On January 20, 1942, a group of Nazis gathered in Wannsee Germany and came up with a plan to erase the entire Jewish population from the face of the earth - The Final Solution.— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) April 21, 2020
We must stand up against antisemitism! Never forget! #CombatAntisemitism #YomHaShoah pic.twitter.com/DcwpyfTxXO
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