who needs a memory hole?
According to a study done by the BBC, nearly half of brits are ignorant of Auschwitz and what occured there. "It's easy to presume that the horrors of Auschwitz are engrained in the nation's collective memory, but obviously this is not the case," [producer Laurence] Rees said.
Yes, you would think that such a thing as the deliberate and meticulous death of six million human beings and the biggest, most infamous center of that holocaust would at least be familiar to just about everyone when it's relatively recent history...but it's not the case. How can someone live in this world, be educated in any school to any grade above fourth and not be aware of Auschwitz? I can't grasp onto this, I just can't.
It's a feeling, though, that I have sort of gotten used to in the past few years, unfortunately. I wish I didn't have to say that...the way that society is so consumed with whatever it is -- sex, money, ego, what have you -- that it can't take the time to remember those things that should be remembered. So much goes on in the world, millions of people suffer, but so many don't even notice.
...and don't even get me started on the way that people in this country wear blinders.
It is a shame, a bloody shame, that all those poor innocent people were slaughtered only to be forgotten. At least in remembrance their deaths could have done something -- namely preventing anything of the sort in the future. As it is, I fear we're doomed to repeat it.
As for the holocaust, anyone that hasn't read Night by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, should. It moved me. The link to amazon has used copies for a buck.
Yes, you would think that such a thing as the deliberate and meticulous death of six million human beings and the biggest, most infamous center of that holocaust would at least be familiar to just about everyone when it's relatively recent history...but it's not the case. How can someone live in this world, be educated in any school to any grade above fourth and not be aware of Auschwitz? I can't grasp onto this, I just can't.
It's a feeling, though, that I have sort of gotten used to in the past few years, unfortunately. I wish I didn't have to say that...the way that society is so consumed with whatever it is -- sex, money, ego, what have you -- that it can't take the time to remember those things that should be remembered. So much goes on in the world, millions of people suffer, but so many don't even notice.
...and don't even get me started on the way that people in this country wear blinders.
It is a shame, a bloody shame, that all those poor innocent people were slaughtered only to be forgotten. At least in remembrance their deaths could have done something -- namely preventing anything of the sort in the future. As it is, I fear we're doomed to repeat it.
As for the holocaust, anyone that hasn't read Night by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, should. It moved me. The link to amazon has used copies for a buck.
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