Remember the six million .

[Albert smith 11]

Today is Holocaust  remembrance day.

[Kidorry 189]

Has there been any mention of the 26 million Soviet dead, without them things would have been very different now.  

[Albert smith 11]

I find it very strange that this subject is ignored ,perhaps the media is right and that ant semitism is on the rise in Europe.

[Andbreathe 10]

5 hours ago, Kidorry said:

Has there been any mention of the 26 million Soviet dead, without them things would have been very different now.  

Many of the “26” million soviets were murdered by their own...so you’re right, without Stalin it could have been very different for millions of Soviet’s.

 

Holocaust day is a day of remembrance... the brutality of man to inflict such misery on his fellow man, as well as other species is well documented throughout time.

Itll happen again in some form or other...it’s in our DNA....regrettably!!

[Top Cats Hat 10]

42 minutes ago, Albert smith said:

I find it very strange that this subject is ignored ,perhaps the media is right and that ant semitism is on the rise in Europe.

It certainly is in Britain.

 

"Holocaust Memorial Day: 'Shocking' levels of denial remain"

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47015184

 

It is a real problem and makes it even more despicable that some are using antisemitism as a stick to score cheap points against their political opponents! 😡

[tinfoilhat 11]

36 minutes ago, Top Cats Hat said:

It certainly is in Britain.

 

"Holocaust Memorial Day: 'Shocking' levels of denial remain"

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47015184

 

It is a real problem and makes it even more despicable that some are using antisemitism as a stick to score cheap points against their political opponents! 😡

I’m a bit confused. It’s a problem but if certain people say it I can’t call it out?

[woodview 10]

I agree the Holocaust should be taught about in schools and we all remember what can be happen.

I suppose the day isn't a widespread observed thing, because principly it was an act carried out by a regime we went to war with, and we were partly to thank for the horrors ending.

Anti-semitism is present in the UK and needs to be stopped. It is also used as a false tool to bash openents who aren't. False claims of racism and xenophobia are also used in a similar way as nasty slurs against people and groups who aren't. Brandishing all things like that for a cheap argument winner is slimy imo.

 

The day needs to be respected for what it is, to remember the evil men can do against fellow humans.

[Top Cats Hat 10]

1 hour ago, tinfoilhat said:

I’m a bit confused. It’s a problem but if certain people say it I can’t call it out?

ALL holocaust denial should be called out!

[Annie Bynnol 612]

1 It is a day to remember the millions of individual people murdered because they had Jewish connections.

2 Then it is a day to remember the reason why  they were murdered.

3 Then it is a day to realise that we can still do it.

4 Then it is a day to realise that I must do something about it.

 

So here goes:

To anybody who denies, avoids, deflects or dilutes what happened to millions of individuals and why, need to look in the mirror and deep into their own eyes and repeat their post -twice.

 

In that same mirror asked yourself "If others try to manipulate me, persuade me, use me etc, do I:

1 Do I usually join in?

2 Do I usually say " I don't like them but I agree with  some of what they say?

3 Do I usually ignore it?

4 Do I usually turn around and say "That's <removed>

 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2019 by nikki-red

[taxman 12]

And remember it wasn't just Jews. Socialists, Communists, Gypsies, the disabled, the menatally ill....all sent to the gas chambers.

 

But we have an American President who thinks some of the people who hold these exact same views are "fine people".

[Kidorry 189]

4 hours ago, Andbreathe said:

Many of the “26” million soviets were murdered by their own...so you’re right, without Stalin it could have been very different for millions of Soviet’s.

 

Holocaust day is a day of remembrance... the brutality of man to inflict such misery on his fellow man, as well as other species is well documented throughout time.

Itll happen again in some form or other...it’s in our DNA....regrettably!!

 

I am talking about the 26 million who were killed during the war, not of the purges before or after.

I am sorry about editing your text. Will do better next time.

Edited January 27, 2019 by Kidorry

[Annie Bynnol 612]

51 minutes ago, taxman said:

And remember it wasn't just Jews. Socialists, Communists, Gypsies, the disabled, the menatally ill....all sent to the gas chambers.

 

But we have an American President who thinks some of the people who hold these exact same views are "fine people".

The Holocaust was about killing Jews- the equally horrifying unquestioned disappearance and subsequent murder (and equally worth commemorating)  of individual "...Socialists, Communists, Gypsies, the disabled, the menatally ill...", was made easier because the momentum of the "Solution to the Jewish question" was so acceptable to the ordinary German people until it was to late for individuals to do something about it.

 

The murder of the individual Jews was the culmination of a campaign that was instigated from the very beginning to popularize National Socialism. A campaign that persuaded millions of ordinary Germans to persecute Jewish individuals and created an atmosphere where it was OK to bully maim and steal. Later individual Germans were able to ignore or even  justify their active involvement because of this campaign.

The murder of the millions of other you mention and the future plans to enslave and murder tens of millions of others in the east was, I would argue, was not part of original Manifesto that bought the National Socialists so easily into power.

 

I wish that every village town and city could have a memorial to the forgotten dead, persecuted, bullied and mistreated- so that we don't do it again.

Edited January 27, 2019 by Annie Bynnol