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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on January 27, 2022, 12:17:27 PM

Title: Holocaust Memorial Day
Post by: Aruntraveller on January 27, 2022, 12:17:27 PM

https://www.hmd.org.uk/take-part-in-holocaust-memorial-day/ukhmd/

Title: Re: Holocaust Memorial Day
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 28, 2022, 02:53:43 AM

Quite stunning thread from Hugo Rifkind


https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1486733736083292163.html

Title: Re: Holocaust Memorial Day
Post by: Anchorman on January 28, 2022, 09:42:39 AM

     The closest I ever cane to meeting a holocaust survivor was having the immense privilege of meeting Corrie Ten Boom in 1980.
Corrie, a Dutch Christian, had been interned in Ravensbruck concentration camp, along with members of her family, because they had hidden Jews in their Haarlem home.
Her book, "The Hiding Place" is still worth a read.
Talking about books, "Selected to live" by Hansi Douglas is another good read. Hansi - Johanna Ruth Dobshiemer - a Jewish girl hidden by German resistance  - married a British soldier...who was from Ayrshire farming stock. They settled in Dunlop, Ayrshire, after the war.

Title: Re: Holocaust Memorial Day
Post by: The Accountant, OBE, KC on January 28, 2022, 11:55:34 AM

I recently watched The Last Days on Netflix - very moving. It's an Oscar-winning documentary about the Holocaust and I'm surprised I had not watched it before as I have seen Schindler's List a few time now.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nows-the-time-to-watch-1998-holocaust-doc-the-last-days-currently-on-netflix/