Today (January 27, 2022,) is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
It is a day to honor and remember the 12 million victims of Nazi and Nazi-Collaborater barbarity during World War Two.
Six million of the victims were Jews.
Others perished because of their:
- sexual preference.
- mental or physical disabilities.
- being Gypsies.
- being Jehovah's Witnesses.
- being political or war prisoners.
People should never forget these horrors inflicted by humanity's most monstrous. They should remember it every day along with the other acts of genocide or attempted genocide committed against other groups throughout history like the Native Americans in the United States, the Armenians in World War One, the Cambodians by the Khmer Rhouge, and in Rwanda during the 1990's.
People should also never forget what led to these acts of horror in the first place.
It started with a group of fanatics saying they could make their country great again. It then led to suppressing Democracy, banning and burning books, and attacks against the other through proclamations and violent acts.
Sound familiar.
Think of what is being proposed in state legislatures like Arizona's with anti transgender legislation, book banning, and voter suppression.
Think of the rise in hate crimes over the last few years.
Think of the cult of Trump and how it's movement parallels what happened in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Never Forget.
Do not let history repeat itself because it can happen here if we do not push the forces of reactionism and hate back.
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