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Behind the Aegis

(53,832 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 03:15 AM Jan 2017

Holocaust Memorial Day: Rise In Hate Crime Parallels The Darkest Days Of The 1930s, Warns EJCs Mo

Holocaust Memorial Day: Rise In Hate Crime Parallels The ‘Darkest Days Of The 1930s’, Warns EJC’s Moshe Kantor


The recent rise in hate crime has “parallels with the darkest days of the 1930s”, the head of a body representing Europe’s Jews has warned.

Dr Moshe Kantor, head of the European Jewish Congress, said that the rise of Far Right and neo-Nazi parties is exceptionally worrying.

As commemorations take place around the world for Holocaust Memorial Day, he said that there were dangers “lurking in our own back yard” and called for improvements in security, education and legislation to deal with them.

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“Only a small minority supported Hitler’s plan to kill all European Jews through mass extermination, a plan that was widely circulated years before.

“But he was able to act because an undercurrent of hatred had seeped into everyday life.”

That undercurrent of hatred is still there today – and could have worrying consequences, he said.

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From the article, but bared repeating:
“But he was able to act because an undercurrent of hatred had seeped into everyday life.”


UNDERCURRENTS are just as dangerous as those we see in front of our faces. A threat to one group is a threat to us all!

From a survivor:

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
-- Elie Wiesel (source)


There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
-- Elie Wiesel (source)
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Holocaust Memorial Day: Rise In Hate Crime Parallels The Darkest Days Of The 1930s, Warns EJCs Mo (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 OP
kicking for truth irisblue Jan 2017 #1
Thank you! Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #6
This quote perfectly explains why I'm not going to "get on board" the tRump train. manicraven Jan 2017 #2
I thought so too. Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #5
yup, the holocaust did not come out of nowhere JI7 Jan 2017 #3
No, it didn't. Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #4
Never again. Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #7
k&r cuz "we don't want them here" & yams staff is too stupid yo know this date irisblue Jan 2017 #8
For this to never happen here... Behind the Aegis Jan 2017 #9
I am seeing some ugly parallels. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #10

manicraven

(901 posts)
2. This quote perfectly explains why I'm not going to "get on board" the tRump train.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:03 AM
Jan 2017
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
-- Elie Wiesel

They WANT us to be silent, but that is then compliance with their hate and fascist plan. This for me is also true about those voters who claim they voted for tRump but aren't themselves racists, bigots, or misogynists. They are, at the very least, tRump enablers and backed him, so to me, they're just as guilty as the guy mocking the disabled, making racist comments, and so on.

Behind the Aegis

(53,832 posts)
5. I thought so too.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 01:45 PM
Jan 2017

DAPL, the "wall", gerrymandering, attacks on Planned Parenthood, attacks on the GLBT community, there is quite a bit of oppression going on against a variety of people.

Behind the Aegis

(53,832 posts)
4. No, it didn't.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 06:50 AM
Jan 2017

The killing started long before the camps and many didn't even know, but worse, were the leaders of free nations who did know and did nothing.

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