The Holocaust

On the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp the peoples of the world were reminded of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany. The persecution of the German Jews began in 1933, when they were terrorized, forced into ghettos, had their properties seized and then sent to concentration camps.

On the 27th of January we will commemorate the 60th anniversary and remember the spirit of all those who suffered so much during a period of over 10 years, which began over 70 years ago.

Many books have been written about those years and there have been a number of films produced. This is a period of history that we no doubt like to forget as the thoughts of those times bear heavily on all just and thinking people. Those who still live and who had the direct experience of those days or who have relatives who have died or who went through those terrible experiences continue, from day to day, living with those memories. The suffering goes on.

Most of us are reminded of those horrible historical events from time to time. Perhaps it is good that we are in a sense forced to re-examine what people can do to one another. Some lessons have been learned yet even today there are wars. There continue to be genocide activities around the world and people continue to suffer.