Remember

Today is the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

There are, of course, many sites dedicated to remembering those killed in this, the most notorious result of racial hatred. Sadly, there are also many that refuse to acknowledge the facts of what happened. I encourage you to explore if you know little about this subject. Most of us read the Diary of Anne Frank or were introduced in school to some extent, but many to this day don't understand just how far-reaching the Holocaust, the sheer numbers of people and towns destroyed, the various groups--not just Jews, but Rom, homosexuals, the disabled, political prisoners, and many, many more--that were targeted. President Yushenko of the Ukraine's own father was at Auschwitz, Someday I'll actually do a webpage linking my favourite sites devoted to the Holocaust. For now, I offer one I just happened across...An Auschwitz Alphabet, written by the someone whose grandparents left before the spread of Nazism, but seeking a place free from pogroms and anti-Semitism. It represents things learnt from his studies, but you never forget that had his grandparents not emigrated when they did he, and many in his family, might never have existed, wiped out by an organised 'final solution' to the 'Jewish problem'.

For those who died, for those who survived, for those who never were to be, we must always remember--and never let it happen again.