Holocaust Memorial Day 🕯

[Captain Colonial]

At a time when so much terrible is happening so close to us, we need to remember the good in the best of us.  This is a wonderful tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton, known as the British Schindler.

 

Link to BBC article

 

Never again. 🕯

[TAFKARM]

I was reading all about the Holocaust today. As much as I could bear. I had to stop. 
 

I was never taught about it in school, it worries me that with the time the memory’s will fade. Our children must know, it must never be allowed to happen again.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman)]

9 minutes ago, Rush Motorsport said:

was never taught about it in school, it worries me that with the time the memory’s will fade. Our children must know, it must never be allowed to happen again.

Good grief, really? That’s obscene.

[TAFKARM]

admittedly I dropped History in year 9 but still. 

[Kingster]

15 minutes ago, Rush Motorsport said:

admittedly I dropped History in year 9 but still. 

You are showing how young you are - “year 9”?

 

Was like the 4th form?

[TAFKARM]

Yes but let’s get back on track. 

[Kingster]

10 minutes ago, Rush Motorsport said:

Yes but let’s get back on track. 

Indeed - my apologies as it’s certainly not a subject to joke about. 
 

It does beggar belief that it wasn’t taught in school and that human beings are capable of such unspeakable evil. 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

18 minutes ago, Chris King - Webmaster said:

You are showing how young you are - “year 9”?

 

Was like the 4th form?

I'm impressed he went to school 😉

 

We didn't even get as far forward as WW1. Didn't enjoy history or geography!

 

When I first went to Germany at 15 years old. My Pen friend's father blanked me totally for the entire stay.

 

I've also been on business trips circa 10 years ago and had building pointed out by German colleagues described as 'you flattened this, and you flattened that'. 

 

They've left certain items from the war on display such as the Zeppelin Fields - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_party_rally_grounds

 

As a reminder of what they don't want to go back to. I've even watch the DTM race round them!

 

We shouldn't forget.

 

 

[marcusb]

1 hour ago, Rush Motorsport said:

Our children must know, it must never be allowed to happen again.

Auschwitz -Birkenau Memorial museum (which is a UNESCO world heritage site) should be on all School trip lists, it's a grim experience but like you say these things should never be forgotten by our future generations

[Brad Stone]

1 hour ago, marcusb said:

Auschwitz -Birkenau Memorial museum (which is a UNESCO world heritage site) should be on all School trip lists, it's a grim experience but like you say these things should never be forgotten by our future generations

Standing on the train platform at Birkenau was the straw that broke the camels back when I went. To be stood on the ground of so much death and evil was a feeling I think can only be felt by visiting. 

 

Shocking. 

 

 

[marcusb]

39 minutes ago, Brad Stone said:

Standing on the train platform at Birkenau was the straw that broke the camels back when I went. To be stood on the ground of so much death and evil was a feeling I think can only be felt by visiting. 

 

Shocking. 

 

 

Indeed being there it really does sink in, I remember the vast scale of the complex and being able to wander around on my own around the part demolished gas chamber buildings and coming across what I thought were ponds but were actually the crematorium ash pits marked by 3 or 4 grave stones to represent the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives

[jim_l]

It could never happen again...or so we assume...