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    assburgerautistSarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 10:50am

    Don't forget the 6 billion, goys

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      SUSPECT__IS__HATLESSassburgerautist
      4/28/14 10:52am

      Huh?

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      GemmabetaSUSPECT__IS__HATLESS
      4/28/14 10:57am

      Holocaust: 6 million Jewish people killed; 3 million Russians; 2 million Poles; 1 million Roma; and 1 million disabled, homosexuals and other undesirables.

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    DoctorNineSarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 11:10am

    It's easy to see the genocides in the past, and look at black and white photographs of the monsters lined up in court, and think that that was then... nothing to do with our lives now. Just a horrific moment from the past that we are safe from now.

    What needs to be held in mind though, is that that ISN'T just the past. Each of us, despite whatever veneer of humanity we may now be clinging to, has the capacity for such cruelty. Each of us, if we forget this, might fail to heed the lesson.

    So we need to think about it periodically. And remember.

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      PauloBDoctorNine
      4/28/14 12:37pm

      It's also really recent. If it were 100 years ago it would've been just as recent.

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      AlBosnienDoctorNine
      4/28/14 12:38pm

      Black and White Photographs? The Rwandan Massacre comes in full color...

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    asdfawerasdffsdSarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 11:23am

    Siren's over, back to slaughtering Palestinians.

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      fromedamsaughtoxasdfawerasdffsd
      4/28/14 11:27am

      I knew that people here could not let something that is solemn in its own right and that has nothing to do with today's political situation go by without statement like that.

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      COULDWESTAYRIGHTHERE2asdfawerasdffsd
      4/28/14 11:30am

      To be fair to Israel, for an Ethnic Supremacist state they are rather loathe to murder the those whose land they are stealing. Compared to the wild bloodlust of Americans to this day, for example, Israelis are positively civilised.

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    horsenponySarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 10:50am

    I've seen a different video of this, but this one will have to do. I never thought a siren could make me tear up.

    http://www.wimp.com/remembrancesir…

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      swopehorsenpony
      4/28/14 11:54am

      I dunno if using an air raid siren to memorialize victims of the Nazis is weirdly appropriate or a little too on the nose... but it damn sure is effective...

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      horsenponyswope
      4/28/14 11:58am

      Yeah, I see your point. I think for me, seeing people actually pull over (in a some what orderly fashion) and exit their vehicles is what gets me as well. Sorta like in the south how people use to pull over for funeral processions.

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    orangeistheneworangeSarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 10:55am

    In Israel, they don't call it the Holocaust because "holocaust" is a greek term for a ritual burning offering for the Gods, which is understandably offensive considering what actually occurred Rather, they use the term "Shoah" or the more recent 20th century term "genocide".

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      leobeeeeorangeistheneworange
      4/28/14 11:01am

      You mean different countries have different words?

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      SUSPECT__IS__HATLESSleobeeee
      4/28/14 11:04am

      They also write backwards!

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    reasonedopinionSarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 11:13am

    Cambodia, Rwanda, Dafur, the fact that Israeli Palestinians are victims of Aparthied. Can Israel take the time to remember these incidents? I appreciate and admire that they set aside the time to do this. It would be nice if Germany had a National Day of Regret and Apology, EVERY YEAR.

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      goldsteincommaagentofreasonedopinion
      4/28/14 11:25am

      As an ethnic Jew who is often in Germany and has many German friends, I can say the level of national guilt is still very acute, and oddly seems to have become more so in generations that didn't actually perpetrate the Holocaust. There is also a sincere interest in all things Jewish, from Klezmer music (which was, at least a few years ago, experiencing a surge of popularity in Germany) to the Yiddish language and Jewish humor. (Spoken Yiddish and German are mostly mutually intelligible.) As someone who doesn't believe in collective guilt, it's an interesting phenomenon.

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      reasonedopiniongoldsteincommaagentof
      4/28/14 11:55am

      Very Thoughtful, reflective, well written reply. Well done. Have a nice day!

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    AlBosnienSarah Hedgecock
    4/28/14 12:37pm

    I understand the Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Remembrance days are created so the generations of today learn from generations of the past. Unfortunately, those same people that have said "never again", have turned the blind eye many times again. From the slaughter and re-education of the indigenous populations throughout the world, to African genocidal maniacs that have caused deaths of millions in their quest for power. Each and every day I see the descendants of people that have escaped the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchen treat their fellow humans with lack of dignity and superiority to gain a few measly meters of the promised land. "Never again" echoes when Netinyahu talks about the Holocaust, and uses his notoriety to further political gains and mention the threats of other countries to Israel. Not one time have I heard him mention the treatment of domestic workers in Israel, on how their children are deported because they threaten the Hebrew make up of Israel. Not one time have I heard him threaten military action to a country that has exploited their minorities and committed atrocities unknown to the modern world..not once... On and Arabs and the Muslim World? They're no better than their counterparts. They all attempt to paint a picture of perfect society...

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      Bill WeldonSarah Hedgecock
      4/28/14 12:12pm

      I watched Anthony Bourdain's Part's Unknown show on Jerusalem this weekend. Really an eye opener. Highly recommend.

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        aismoSarah Hedgecock
        4/28/14 1:05pm

        I was there a couple years ago during this moment. It was pretty intense. Literally every single thing just stopped.

        Its not a pleasant moment but its beautiful watching people come together in spirit like that. It makes you think of the world slightly differently.

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          ScalfinSarah Hedgecock
          4/28/14 11:19am

          It's always a little weird to see the day of the week cited as when something's happening when it's today. Don't know why.

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