Never forget. Never again.
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The greatest crime in human history, industrialized genocide is remembered on the day the Russian army discovered what the Nazis created in Poland. There were hundreds of sub-camps that circled the main camp that is remembered as Auschwitz.
In the U.S., there has been a 337 per cent increase in antisemitic events since October 7, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). There is no lesson more important than understanding how this crime happened so that it never ever happens again.
I have spoken much about this subject over the past year, and I hope you will consider reading some of that this weekend.
Never forget.
Never again.
Elie Wiesel: “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”
Elie Wiesel: “Action is the only remedy to indifference: the most insidious danger of all.”
I recite this Martin Niemuller poem often and it so resonates with me but
also scares me. I really don’t think people get the seriousness of where we are.
They seem too busy to even think.
I saw a clip of the Patriot Front heading to New York via subway.
All dressed alike faces covered. So, so scary.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.