Today marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, perhaps the most disturbing memorial in human history. Millions were put to death in Nazi camps, and Auschwitz was the pinnacle of their industrialized genocide. The world swore “Never again” after the exposure of the Nazi atrocities, but 70 years later, the global community still struggles to meet that commitment.
We join the commemoration in progress:
The Jerusalem Post reports that survivors are worried now that Europe wants to forget the whole thing happened:
At a ceremony attended by heads of state on Tuesday, they will be delivering the speeches, but today they remain bitter that their voice is not heard.
“Some of the people still saying that it (the Holocaust) never happened. I’m here to tell the world it happened. And I’m strong enough, and I’m a victor. And the world has to learn from it and to live in peace,” said survivor from Canada, Mordechai Ronen.
He and almost 300 others have come to revisit the horrors of Auschwitz with one goal in mind – to keep its memory alive. …
“The whole world, Europe is forgetting about the whole thing. They want to have proof – me, as proof, my son, as proof… they were killing people like nothing. It didn’t mean anything. The smell was so bad here from burning people,” recalls John Pekats.
That might be too easy. In some parts of Europe, they’re not just forgetting about the end game of anti-Semitism, they’re starting it up anew.
Auschwitz is a blight on humanity. And so, it must never be forgotten, nor the madness that generated it.
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