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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHolocaust 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 EJCs Moshe KantorThe recent rise in hate crime has parallels with the darkest days of the 1930s, the head of a body representing Europes 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 Hitlers 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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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
This quote perfectly explains why I'm not going to "get on board" the tRump train.
manicraven
Jan 2017
#2
irisblue
(32,829 posts)1. kicking for truth
Last edited Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:07 PM - Edit history (1)
Behind the Aegis
(53,832 posts)6. Thank you!
manicraven
(901 posts)2. This quote perfectly explains why I'm not going to "get on board" the tRump train.
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.
-- 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.
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.
JI7
(89,176 posts)3. yup, the holocaust did not come out of nowhere
Behind the Aegis
(53,832 posts)4. No, it didn't.
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.
Behind the Aegis
(53,832 posts)7. Never again.
irisblue
(32,829 posts)8. k&r cuz "we don't want them here" & yams staff is too stupid yo know this date
Behind the Aegis
(53,832 posts)9. For this to never happen here...
...we have to have those willing to stand up and say "NOT HERE!"
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)10. I am seeing some ugly parallels.
It is so frightening, I almost don't want to look.