Captain Colonial Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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. 🕯 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 admittedly I dropped History in year 9 but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Yes but let’s get back on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Stone Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_l Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 It could never happen again...or so we assume... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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