Holocaust Memorial Day

The 60th anniversary of the liberation of the extermination and concentration camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in 1945.

Holocaust Memorial Day is about commemorating all the communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, and demonstrating that the Holocaust is relevant to everyone in the UK today. The Day provides a focus - through the national event and local events and activities – for people to think about the continuing repercussions of the Holocaust on our society.

The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001, and has been on 27 January every year since. A different part of the UK has hosted the Holocaust Memorial Day national event each year – it has been held in London (2001), Manchester (2002), Edinburgh (2003) and Belfast (2004). In 2005 the national event has returned to London.

I watched a documentary about this recently and was extremely moved by the pictures I saw and things I learned 😬 I'm just making this thread in commemoration and as a tribute to those who suffered, died, and even those who survived.

we have programs in tv about it all the time cry

Originally posted by Syren
The 60th anniversary of the liberation of the extermination and concentration camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in 1945.

Holocaust Memorial Day is about commemorating all the communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, and demonstrating that the Holocaust is relevant to everyone in the UK today. The Day provides a focus - through the national event and local events and activities – for people to think about the continuing repercussions of the Holocaust on our society.

The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001, and has been on 27 January every year since. A different part of the UK has hosted the Holocaust Memorial Day national event each year – it has been held in London (2001), Manchester (2002), Edinburgh (2003) and Belfast (2004). In 2005 the national event has returned to London.

I watched a documentary about this recently and was extremely moved by the pictures I saw and things I learned 😬 I'm just making this thread in commemoration and as a tribute to those who suffered, died, and even those who survived.

My great grandpa served in the us army during that time

One of the most darkest moments in our civilization. I'm hope is never forgotten.

do you know that they've made museums in the place of old concentration camps?

anyway they've made them
and i've visited two of them, and to be honest i can't imagine how were those people able to survuve in such conditions and with such treatment.

and btw most of the literature taken in final year of highschool here is war connected. (mostly about camps)
and there are some very interesting info... like.. how they were making soap out of victims fat. and stuff like that. i suggest someone read it.

Sounds good Clovie... I mean, interesting... it's a crying shame we have something like this connected to our history 😬

i think stuff like that should have never ever happen
it is just unbelieveable that ppl were able to do something like that to other ppl

I know 😬 Not quite something I would believe humanity to be capable of.

they showed some results of the poll on tv today
that lke 40% of americans don't believe it has happened 😑
and something like 20% of british

They don't believe it? What, they think the multitude of footage and first hand recollections are fake?

i don't know
here every child knows it

actually, clovie

there are people here that don't believe it either or say the numbers are exagerated... we have a law that makes it a criminal offence to support this

I wouldn't say that they dont believe it, just that they believe that the number of dead are exaggerated.

Makes no difference to me, just killing 1 person for being different or not societies established norm is deplorable and unforgivable!

😂

You posted before me yers! 😮

Originally posted by Syren
They don't believe it? What, they think the multitude of footage and first hand recollections are fake?

Recollections, yes, but footage, no- there isn't actually any primary evidence that supports the idea of mass gassing, hence the scepticism.

And I have seen few more reprehensible laws than Holocaust denial ones. Poeple might be idiots to believe it did not happen (or not believe it did happen, however you want to put it), but to prosecute them for that is a serious violation of free speech.

Many people believe that it didn't happen. Still many more, though they believe it happened, see it as something that happened in the past and is of no real concern today. There are even others who may believe, but really don't give a shit either way.

Originally posted by Tex
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You posted before me yers! 😮

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Recollections, yes, but footage, no- there isn't actually any primary evidence that supports the idea of mass gassing, hence the scepticism.

And I have seen few more reprehensible laws than Holocaust denial ones. Poeple might be idiots to believe it did not happen (or not believe it did happen, however you want to put it), but to prosecute them for that is a serious violation of free speech.

I see where you're coming from... 😬 Unfortunately.

Not only a violation of free speech Ush. But also it might restrict Historical revisionism. Historians might not conduct profund cases due to fear of being proscecuted.

well, i saw enough photos of mountains of dead bodies to make a believer out of me.

and i DO dispise any who would deny that it happened. to say "i have seen no convincing proof, so i remain sceptical" is far different than "its bullshit...it never happened".