The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. Most European Jews lived in countries that the Third Reich would occupy or influence during World War II. By 1945, close to two out of every three European Jews had been killed as part of the "Final Solution"
Before beginning the war in 1939, the Nazis established concentration camps to imprison Jews, Roma, other victims of ethnic and racial hatred, and political opponents of Nazism.
Children were especially vulnerable victims of the Nazis. It is estimated that over one million children were murdered under Nazi rule in Germany and occupied Europe.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
For my own thoughts...
This all started before the war, 6 years before in fact, in 1933. The world knew for a long time that Germany was committing crimes against humanity for 6 years and did nothing.
Today we know a number of nations around the world are still committing such crimes, yet again we do nothing. For example, in 1994 over 800,000 Tutsis in Rwanda were systematically murdered in a campaign to exterminate their entire race. The world did nothing.
Today, North Korea's leader keeps his people impoverished to the point where an estimated 2 million people have starved in the past 10 years. The world sends food which doesn't get to those who need it, instead it goes to the military. The world does nothing to ensure those who are starving actually get the food. It only pays attention when its own self-interests are at stake.
It should be the responsibility of free nations to ensure this is not allowed to continue. The free world must take action to put a stop to all such violence and killing. No national borders can be allowed to hide and protect those who commit genocide against humanity.
I can think of no greater gift to give to my children than a world free from dictators and despots. That is a fight and a crusade that I would be willing to take on, if only our leaders were willing to commit to it. FDR saw the dangers of Hitler long before the rest of America and long before much of the world. Kennedy saw the dangers of Cuba years before everyone else. It is time that we see the danger of allowing dictators and despots to remain in power anywhere in the world. Our own national borders no longer protect us, their national borders should provide no refuge from our liberation.
In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. Most European Jews lived in countries that the Third Reich would occupy or influence during World War II. By 1945, close to two out of every three European Jews had been killed as part of the "Final Solution"
Before beginning the war in 1939, the Nazis established concentration camps to imprison Jews, Roma, other victims of ethnic and racial hatred, and political opponents of Nazism.
Children were especially vulnerable victims of the Nazis. It is estimated that over one million children were murdered under Nazi rule in Germany and occupied Europe.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
For my own thoughts...
This all started before the war, 6 years before in fact, in 1933. The world knew for a long time that Germany was committing crimes against humanity for 6 years and did nothing.
Today we know a number of nations around the world are still committing such crimes, yet again we do nothing. For example, in 1994 over 800,000 Tutsis in Rwanda were systematically murdered in a campaign to exterminate their entire race. The world did nothing.
Today, North Korea's leader keeps his people impoverished to the point where an estimated 2 million people have starved in the past 10 years. The world sends food which doesn't get to those who need it, instead it goes to the military. The world does nothing to ensure those who are starving actually get the food. It only pays attention when its own self-interests are at stake.
It should be the responsibility of free nations to ensure this is not allowed to continue. The free world must take action to put a stop to all such violence and killing. No national borders can be allowed to hide and protect those who commit genocide against humanity.
I can think of no greater gift to give to my children than a world free from dictators and despots. That is a fight and a crusade that I would be willing to take on, if only our leaders were willing to commit to it. FDR saw the dangers of Hitler long before the rest of America and long before much of the world. Kennedy saw the dangers of Cuba years before everyone else. It is time that we see the danger of allowing dictators and despots to remain in power anywhere in the world. Our own national borders no longer protect us, their national borders should provide no refuge from our liberation.
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