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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis man is invited on a TV show, but he has no clue why everyone suddenly stands up:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Deuxcents
(16,353 posts)One person can make a difference n what a difference this man made. What a tribute on this day of remembrance. Ty. 🙏
multigraincracker
(32,733 posts)just now.
Thank you Sir.
TheBlackAdder
(28,226 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)okaawhatever
(9,469 posts)MyMission
(1,850 posts)A remarkable man.
Thunderbeast
(3,424 posts)Today I think of the cousins, uncles, and aunts who did not leave Belarus with my grandparents in 1903. They faced the famines and tortures of Stalin, and were then marched to the camps by Hitler...never to return.
This horror happened but eight years before I was born. My family tree is asymmetrical. My paternal ancestors were murdered and lost to history.
We can not forget how goddamn easy it was to normalize this genocide carried out by people convinced that their actions were a rational choice...With the asserted approval of their God.
The horror is way too common. Kosovo, Rwanda, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, North America...All were killing fields in relatively recent times.
canetoad
(17,197 posts)The realisation that WW2 ended only nine years before I was born became more.... influential? Pertinent? I'm not sure what the description is.
I lived in Scotland and England until we migrated in 1965. I remember DPs (Displaced Persons) in our town, and seeing their tattoos.
George II
(67,782 posts)....for most post-war refugees. Many fanned out across the country, but just as many stayed in New York.
In our Brooklyn neighborhood we had several people with numbers tattooed on their arms. At 9 years old we moved to a Jewish neighborhood in Queens, and there too were refugees from the camps.
Deuxcents
(16,353 posts)I have no words only to say thanks god you are here with us. 🙏
calimary
(81,523 posts)NEVER FORGET. NOT EVER.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)brer cat
(24,624 posts)FakeNoose
(32,791 posts)... but it's hard to believe that he never told anyone, even his own wife. He has earned his place in Heaven, for sure.
rurallib
(62,461 posts)I was blubbering then. I am blubbering now.
What would I have done? Would I have the courage when called on?
wnylib
(21,648 posts)have to face right now!
What will we do if Trump's fascists take over Congress and the WH? What are we doing now?
We need to think about this now and decide what WE will do. Will we accommodate the smaller injustices in the hope that they won't get worse? Or will we put our feet down firmly in public opposition the minute that it starts, before it can get worse?
I suggest massive rally protests and civil disobedience at the slightest indication of any bigoted or racial injustice.
alterfurz
(2,475 posts)Wonder what you would have been doing in Germany, as Hitler rose to power?
You're doing it right now.
wnylib
(21,648 posts)to get people thinking.
TygrBright
(20,772 posts)LoisB
(7,234 posts)What a wonderful man.
ChazII
(6,206 posts)for the history books.
GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....died several years ago. He was ONE HUNDRED SIX years old. I'm sure a decade or two were added to his life for the way he lived his life.
Here's more about his story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton
MLAA
(17,339 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,101 posts)Now that Ive cleared the tears and can see to type, Im so moved by the people who were brave enough to make a difference and to help others. He is my hero.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...tears.
SWBTATTReg
(22,174 posts)when you hear the idiots moan and gripe about immigrants, etc. today (including former president rump)...
This man being honored is worth 1000 times the man that rump is.
Chili
(1,725 posts)Thank you for posting this. We must never forget.
TomSlick
(11,114 posts)May his memory be a blessing.
XacerbatedDem
(511 posts)I have no problem crying over such a remarkable human being.
calimary
(81,523 posts)Just started me crying.
Angels among us.
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kimbutgar
(21,215 posts)I really dislike those Holocaust deniers who are using this for their political purposes and to divide us.
Watching it again brought a tear to my eye.
Thank you for sharing.
KS Toronado
(17,360 posts)Nittersing
(6,383 posts)What a gift that this was organized while he was still alive.
ShazamIam
(2,576 posts)standing audience.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)homegirl
(1,434 posts)DC's Union Station 'covered end to end' with swastikas the day after Holocaust Remembrance Day:
for shame...
Never forget
Wild blueberry
(6,669 posts)What a splendid human being.
Thank you!
turbinetree
(24,726 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,448 posts)Thanks for the thread demmiblue.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)Almost 27 years after this aired.
His life karma paid back astounding.
murielm99
(30,775 posts)Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Beautiful story.
OLDMDDEM
(1,577 posts)I have a lot of specks in my eye. Grab a kleenex.