Holocaust survivors mark 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

I plan on going to the museum in DC soon with my friends. Never been there.
 
Reba said:
We should never forget.
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I knew someone that was a Holocaust survivor , he owned a mom and pop grocery store not far from my house as a child. I didn't know he was one until I got older but I saw a row of odd looking numbers on his arm . He commit suicide . I never saw the man smile , he always looked so sad to me. :(
 
I've been there. Make sure you and your friends see some WWII books on the Holocaust.
I know a few people who go sick or distracted afterwards for a few days....

shel90 said:
I plan on going to the museum in DC soon with my friends. Never been there.
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mikemike said:
I've been there. Make sure you and your friends see some WWII books on the Holocaust.
I know a few people who go sick or distracted afterwards for a few days....
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One of the news station showed footages of the bodies piled up and in the gas
chamber . There was no warning that they would be showing that . :( I have seen photos of this but some people never have .
 
Yit'gadal v'yit'kadash sh'mei raba...........


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my mom was there at the Museum in DC. It was very hard for her to walk through it.

my dad grew up in Chicago and knew some Shoah survivors; I also worked with some when I worked for a time at a Jewish Community Center; I learned a lot from them. One person showed me the only surviving thing from her family, which was pre-war photo. This person was later interviewed for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation Archive project and we were some of the first people to see it.
 
dogmom said:
Yit'gadal v'yit'kadash sh'mei raba...........


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my mom was there at the Museum in DC. It was very hard for her to walk through it.

my dad grew up in Chicago and knew some Shoah survivors; I also worked with some when I worked for a time at a Jewish Community Center; I learned a lot from them. One person showed me the only surviving thing from her family, which was pre-war photo. This person was later interviewed for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation Archive project and we were some of the first people to see it.
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I had a next door neighbor and he was in the war and was there to help
with the Auschwitz liberation .He had a lot of photos but he would not let anyone see them and when he got very sick my neighbor burned all of the photos so his family would not find them. We had to warn our mom not to come into the room if they was anything on TV about the Holocaust . Mom
got upset and it would a few days to recover. I was only a little when I knew the guy that owned the store so I never got to talk to him but I can still remeber wondering why he had those odd numbers up his arm .
 
Wow, the scope of it....I've heard stories about the people liberating camps having nightmares too.

And in general, I can see why your mom would take time to recover.
 
We've been to the museum in DC. Yes, it is quite a heavy experience. It's not something you can just breeze thru.
 
There is a Holocaust Memorial in Boston , it's at a park , I been to that one and it was very moving . I think it was very brave of the Holocaust survivors
to go back to Auschwitz after what they been through . I hope the Holocaust survivors families will continue going to schools and telling students about the
Holocaust b/c we should never forget what happen . And it was not only Jewish people that were killed .


http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/NonJewishVictims.html






"Of the 11 million people killed during the Holocaust, six million were Polish citizens. Three million were Polish Jews and another three million were Polish Christians. Most of the remaining victims were from other countries including Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Holland, France and even Germany"
 
I had a Gallaudet professor who was a Holocaust survivor. Dr. Bergman. He rarely talked about it. Another one professor I had, the late Dr. Ryan, wrote a book about the deaf and Holocaust.
 
mikemike said:
I had a Gallaudet professor who was a Holocaust survivor. Dr. Bergman. He rarely talked about it. Another one professor I had, the late Dr. Ryan, wrote a book about the deaf and Holocaust.
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What a horrible thought , the deaf and disable victims in the Holocaust , I am sure they killed first or worst . :(
 
In my early career I worked in Kosher butcher shops. I have known about 8 different men and women that were in different concentration camps in Germany and Poland. You can't really believe the stories until you hear them from people who were actually there. Several of these coworkers saw their entire families killed right in front of them. Then what happened to them afterwards....[emoji22]
 
whatdidyousay! said:
What a horrible thought , the deaf and disable victims in the Holocaust , I am sure they killed first or worst . :(
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Read about Dr Josef Mengele "The Angel of Death". He conducted unscientific testing in Auschwitz. His main focus was on twins, dwarves and the infirm.
 
VA Bowbender said:
Read about Dr Josef Mengele. He conducted unscientific testing in Auschwitz. His main focus was on twins.
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I know about the monster he was called The Angel Of Death . I think the devil of death would had been a better name . I know what happen to my people in the Holocaust , my blood boil when I think about it. Their teeth were pulled out and melted down for the gold fillings , lampshades were made from their skin but I don't want to made people sick here and won't say anymore.

This made me so :mad: and :( and a lot of other feelings .
 
whatdidyousay! said:
l I know what happen to my people in the Holocaust
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Not trying to be a smart guy or start an argument. What happened at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau and SO many more should NEVER be forgotten.
When you say "your people" to whom are you referring? Are you Russian, Polish, Christian, German or Jewish in general? All these died at the hands of the Nazis.
How does your statement differ from Black Americans touting 200 years of slavery?
Current responses (right or wrong) to such statements are "you were never a slave and my kin were not slave owners".
AGAIN this is for discussion not argument sake.
 
<this in regard to above portions, then will get back to thread> :wave:The Jews/Jewish is a people and a culture or type of group, as well as a religion. You can be an atheist Jew, Buddhist Jew, UU-Jew....I know several combinations, including in my own family and myself. I'm a Jew, the Jews are "my" people in a sense. We are who Jews often <but no, not always and not everyone, but it is quite common and typical of "minority" cultures in a larger culture> tend to immediately "know" or recognize, other Jews, regardless of whether they're wearing observant or Orthodox clothing, or eating kosher food. I could go anywhere and would be welcomed by most other Jews. Because we are all one people.

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and now....my zayde <dad's father in Chicago> was a Kosher butcher among his many occupations and that was another way my father's family knew survivors.

and yes, many people in addition to Jewish, were killed by the Nazi regime - Roma <"Gypsy"> which is also part of my heritage; people with disabilities, deaf people, political prisoners, atheists, GLBTQ people<this is where the current pink triangle comes from>, intellectuals and artists.....
 
VA Bowbender said:
Not trying to be a smart guy or start an argument. What happened at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau and SO many more should NEVER be forgotten.
When you say "your people" to whom are you referring? Are you Russian, Polish, Christian, German or Jewish in general? All these died at the hands of the Nazis.
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Yes, people other than the Jews were persecuted and killed by the Nazis. However, it was the Jewish people who were the specific target of their government genocide policy. The Germans considered the Jews to be a separate race that had to be annihilated from the earth. The Germans did not want to remove all Christians, Russians, Poles, etc., from the face of the earth--only the Jews. When the Nazis persecuted and killed people who were physically or mentally "deficient" (in their opinion), and "non-productive," it was for the purification of their supposed superior race, and "efficiency."

Wiping out, subjugating or diminishing God's chosen people has been a goal of evil people all thru the ages. Haman, Pharaoh, Herod, Russian pograms, Muslim terrorists--over and over again, throughout history. No other group has been perpetually such a target by so many.

How does your statement differ from Black Americans touting 200 years of slavery?
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To tout something is to promote it. I don't think 200 years of slavery is being touted by anyone.

Current responses (right or wrong) to such statements are "you were never a slave and my kin were not slave owners".
AGAIN this is for discussion not argument sake.
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One doesn't need to have been a slave to know that slavery is wrong, and not being slave owners doesn't mean we should forget the horrors and history of slavery.
 
Reba, all very good points and excellently stated.
Yes, the Jews are by far and away the most persecuted people that have ever walked the earth. Why do you think that is?
 
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