The President is giving a speech at Buchenwald. It's beautiful.

[babylonsister]

Sigh. He's bringing tears to my eyes. Very somber ceremony going on.

[Born_A_Truman]

1. Elie Wiesel

I'm sobbing. His story of his father's death is gut wrenching. His words so moving.

[babylonsister]

3. Will the world ever learn from WWII? Not yet. Yes, gut-wrenching. nt

[Clio the Leo]

4. Me too....

..... yesterday we had members of the Muslim faith putting their hopes on Barack Obama .... today we have a very prominent member of the Jewish faith doing the same .... what we did last fall was a far, far greater thing than we have ever done before .... and we are so very fortunate to be alive at this moment.

[Born_A_Truman]

7. You are so right.

I will be 63 in 2 days and haven't felt this way since JFK.

[Clio the Leo]

8. Happy early birthday to (((you))). NT

[babylonsister]

2. Elie Wiesel now talking, it's so moving.

:cry:


Wiesel is in the second row of bunks, seventh from the left

His dad called out his name from another bunk, and he was too afraid to go to him. Then he died.

[bdamomma]

5. is this on anything? MSNBC?

[babylonsister]

6. It was on m$nbc, but it's over. I'm sure there will be youtubes soon.

Well worth listening to.

[LiberalAndProud]

9. Video here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=31123850�

[babylonsister]

11. Thank you! nt

[Clio the Leo]

10. The President's uncle Charley was invited, but declined to go.....

.... saying the memories he has of when he helped liberate the camp were still too painful. I had wondered about that. The President said his uncle suffered from PTSD after he came back from the war because of what he saw. (This according to Brokaw's interview with the President this morning.)

Video of the Interview
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31120874#31120874

[babylonsister]

12. He is going to Normandy, I think. He's going to meet up with the prez

somewhere over there.

[HOLOS]

13. Great!!