Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Maus is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman. Serialized from 1980 to 1991, it depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor.
Surprising and disappointing the number of people who deny this horrible time in world history.
And who think trying to erase or sterilize the past means it didn’t happen.
Or create lies about it. It's always fascinating to watch kids play. They just don't care about differences, its all learned behavior.
How sad it is that still today that party exists and thrives , and is wanted by so many Pathetic this was mans in humanity to man It must never happen again
If anyone is on campus January 29 – March 10, 2022, there are two exhibits in Pattee & Paterno Libraries.
Pattee & Paterno Hours for 'The Americans and the Holocaust' exhibit
Special Collections Hours for the' Jewish Histories' exhibit
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That is true, but this is the result of a ‘learned behavior.’ Those don’t go away by burying or denying them. I don’t think you meant to imply MAUS was a lie, so not sure why you said that.
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Am sure there are plenty on our test board that haven’t left mom’s basement in a while.
was at Auschwitz 5 years ago. Did everything I could from breaking down completely but not afraid to admit tears were shed for the loss of life and humanity.
Visited Dachau while stationed in Germany. It will crush you.
I heard you can call a number in one of the 50 states to complain, if you are not Jewish, if your kids are being taught about it.
To steal a concept from a recent WaPo editorial, recognizing the Holocaust is one thing, and recognizing the ongoing problem of anti-Semitism is another. I have seen Jews in this country say that every time they enter a Synagogue they check the exits and mentally make plans for sheltering in place. That's a horrible thing.
I heard you can call a number in one of the 50 states to complain, if you are not Jewish, if your kids are being taught about it.
That’s one of the reasons I chose private school.
Our future:
Well, I will leave the discussion about private/public schools to you.That’s one of the reasons I chose private school.
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I only made my comment because it's pertinent to the main topic of "rembererance" of an important period of time in history.
I also live in said state/commonwealth you were referring to, which is why I made my comment.
I agreed with your post, I was just adding my thoughts to it. The comments about kids I wished I had put above, but then it got a bit late to add to my previous post, so I just tossed them on to my reply.
I've been to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem as well as Bergen-Belsen (not far from where I was an exchange student) and Dachau. I speak pretty good German, which intensified the experience, as I could understand a lot of the source material shown.
I did as well (not stationed in Germany).....chilling--no one spoke or took PICS! Very impactful, chilling, brings some perspective to our lives. Prayers.
Just watched 60-minutes special that was done a few weeks ago about how Anne Franks family was found in their hiding place...sad.
A number of authorities have expressed skepticism over the conclusions reached in that segment.
If you want something sobering, read Dara Horn's take on Anne Frank.
I think it's safe to say the threat of nuclear retaliation has rendered that type of global warfare almost impossible to reoccur. Sadly, genocide continues to occur even today.
I know several people who have spent time in Rwanda doing humanitarian work and have met some Rwandans who survived the genocide. Their stories are incredible.
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