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🧵@GGPonnambalam is a strong witness of the #Tamil #Genocide in #Mullivaaikaal.Below is a summary of one of his testimonies.On 16 May 2009 KP informed me that the LTTE had decided that they wanted to get the civilians out in a safe&accountable way,&wanted GGP to speak to the gov.
I communicated this clearly to Basil Rajapaksa. The initial agreement we hoped the government would agree to was to have the ICRC broker a population exchange to get the civilians out. The government disagreed. They were only willing to have local actors involved.
They suggested lawyers or bishops. 
The Hamburg Massacre💔
During World War II the German city of Hamburg was devastated by bombing raids that began in 1943, killing around 40,000 people. These mass crimes were carried out by the British Royal Air Force ("RAF") and the American USAAF
During World War II the German city of Hamburg was devastated by bombing raids that began in 1943, killing around 40,000 people. These mass crimes were carried out by the British Royal Air Force ("RAF") and the American USAAF
and was at the time the largest bombing campaign in the history of aerial warfare.
The attacks were carried out on the orders of (mass murderer) RAF Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Commander-in-Chief of the British Aviation Bomber Division.
The attacks were carried out on the orders of (mass murderer) RAF Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Commander-in-Chief of the British Aviation Bomber Division.
The allied bombings left the city devastated, reaching a degree of total destruction of over 70%.
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Why is it so important?
The World Values Survey reported that only 30% of Americans born after 1980 believe that it is absolutely essential to live in a Democracy.
That's less than 1/3!
I'll tell you how it relates. 1/
Why is it so important?
The World Values Survey reported that only 30% of Americans born after 1980 believe that it is absolutely essential to live in a Democracy.
That's less than 1/3!
I'll tell you how it relates. 1/
Survivors of the Holocaust are in their late 70's or older. As they dwindled, the horrors they were subjected to have been forgotten more by each successive generation.
Modern culture doesn't value the elderly the way it used to- the message of Holocaust survivors is dying. 2/
Modern culture doesn't value the elderly the way it used to- the message of Holocaust survivors is dying. 2/
Jewish antisemitism is on the rise. Absurdly, Holocaust denialism is also on the rise. With every passing year, history focuses less and less on the importance of remembering the Holocaust as a preventative for any such atrocities to happen again.
For instance: 3/
For instance: 3/
Tonight, @CanadaPlace #SailsofLight in Vancouver, BC is illuminated yellow to remember the murder of 6 million Jews during the #Holocaust. Across #Canada, public venues are illuminated to declare #WeRemember, #NeverAgain, #NeverForget. #IHRD @WorldJewishCong @CIJAinfo
6 million Jewish children, women, and men were murdered in the #Holocaust. We must never forget. Today is #IHRD, and @VanConventions Olympic Cauldron in Vancouver is illuminated in yellow as part of the @WorldJewishCong #WeRemember campaign. Tonight, we say #NeverAgain
@CityofVancouver Burrard St Bridge is illuminated yellow for #IHRD to remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the #Holocaust. The horror, the trauma, the brutality, the devastation. Tonight #WeRemember @WorldJewishCong
1. La tía Teresa, tía de mi mamá, fue capturada por los nazis junto con su mamá. Las llevaron a Auschwitz. Al bajar del tren, pasaron a la fila donde un médico decidía quiénes irían a las barracas y quiénes directo al horno crematorio.
2. Pero resulta que el médico había sido compañero del papá de mi tía Teresa en la universidad.
Las reconoció. Las mando a las barracas y luego las sacó para llevarlas a la lavandería. Allí las escondió en tambos de ropa sucia, y las sacó del campo de concentración.
Las reconoció. Las mando a las barracas y luego las sacó para llevarlas a la lavandería. Allí las escondió en tambos de ropa sucia, y las sacó del campo de concentración.
3. La tía Teresa recordaba que solo sintió cómo trepaban su tambo a una camioneta. No supo si a su mamá también la iban a sacar. La camioneta arrancó y viajó por varios minutos, hasta que se detuvo. Bajaron el tambo y la sacaron. Estaba en medio del bosque.
Sachsenhausen was the first concentration camp I ever visited in person—it was on a school trip and I was 16 years old. I have many memories of the place, but two in particular are etched on my mind. [Thread] #HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember
Please note:
Some may find reading this thread upsetting, so I am adding this note at the outset to point out that I will, in what follows, make reference to what I saw in Sachsenhausen; I do not mention specific people, but make reference to methods adopted to murder.
Some may find reading this thread upsetting, so I am adding this note at the outset to point out that I will, in what follows, make reference to what I saw in Sachsenhausen; I do not mention specific people, but make reference to methods adopted to murder.
My first memory is learning about the purpose-built ‘neck shot unit’. In the autumn of 1941, the SS murdered at least 13,000 Soviet prisoners of war, many of them Jewish, by using that unit (or gassing vehicles). I think I know why learning this is something that stayed with me:
Tonight in #Toronto, @TourCNTower will be illuminated for International #Holocaust Remembrance Day #IHRD. #WeRemember @WorldJewishCong
Tonight in #Niagara , @NiagaraFalls will be illuminated for International #Holocaust Remembrance Day. #IHRD. #WeRemember @WorldJewishCong
Tonight in #Vancouver, @bcplace will be illuminated for International #Holocaust Remembrance Day. #IHRD #WeRemember @WorldJewishCong
Hoy hace 77 años las tropas soviéticas liberan #Auschwitz por emergencias de la vida tuve que volver a Buenos Aires y pasé por el Museo del Holocausto #WeRemember #HolocaustMemorialDay #HolocaustRemembranceDay
Seguí caminando hacia mi viejo departamento y en Córdoba y Pasteur doblé y visité de nuevo la #AMIA dónde el ataque terrorista del 18 de julio de 1994 dejó 85 muertos y 300 heridos
Fue el peor ataque terrorista en la Argentina y el mayor contra la comunidad judía luego del fin de la 2da guerra. Aún sigue sin resolver y los que planificaron y ayudaron a realizarlo siguen libres.
In the 1930s, the Jewish population in Europe was almost 10 million.
By 1945, 60% had been murdered, decimating communities that had lived there for centuries.
This is the story of the #Holocaust.
#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
By 1945, 60% had been murdered, decimating communities that had lived there for centuries.
This is the story of the #Holocaust.
#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
Jewish communities in Poland date back at least 1,000 years.
3.5 million Jews lived in Poland before the war.
Over 3 million were murdered by the Nazis.
Today, only a few thousands remain.
3.5 million Jews lived in Poland before the war.
Over 3 million were murdered by the Nazis.
Today, only a few thousands remain.
The first Jews arrived in Ukraine in the 4th century BC.
1.5 million were murdered during the Holocaust.
Many were killed at the hands of Einsatzgruppen, or "Death Squads".
This includes the Babi Yar massacre, killing 35,000 and decimating Kiev's Jewish community.
1.5 million were murdered during the Holocaust.
Many were killed at the hands of Einsatzgruppen, or "Death Squads".
This includes the Babi Yar massacre, killing 35,000 and decimating Kiev's Jewish community.
#WeRemember the holocaust today because it is the 77th anniversary of the Auschwitz concentration camp liberation. We’re proud of those who stood up to hate and genocide, and remember the over 6 million murdered Jews. Here are some ways to remember.THREAD #HolocaustRemembranceDay
NPR has some very powerful stories from Holocaust survivors. Many of them are linked here on this site. 2/10 npr.org/2022/01/27/107…
At the south end of Liberty State Park in Jersey City, where a statue stands of a soldier carrying a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. There are monuments and resources all over the country, here are a few, starting with the Liberation Monument. 3/10 memorialproject.net/liberation-mon…
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, #WeRemember the 6 million Jewish children, women and men murdered by the Nazis. @WorldJewishCong #IHRD #NeverAgain #NeverForget
Vor 77 Jahren befreite die Rote Armee das KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau. Heute gedenken Menschen auf aller Welt dem Martyrium der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Auch das Jugendparlament gedenkt den Opfern. Mit OBM Jung und den Stadtratsfraktionen waren wir an drei Orten der Erinnerung.
(1) „Geschlagener“ - Hier ehrten wir die Sinti und Roma die im Nationalsozialismus ermordet wurden und gelitten haben.
(2) Denkmal für die Opfer des KZ-Außenlagers Leipzig-Thekla - Neben allen Opfern der Vernichtungs- und Konzentrationslager dachten wir hier besonders an die über 80 Opfer des Massakers von Abtnaundorf.
مبادرة #EveryNameCounts: بمناسبة اليوم الدولي لإحياء ذكرى ضحايا الهولوكوست في يوم 27 يناير، فإن وزيرة الخارجية الألمانية أنالينا بيربوك @Abaerbock سوف تشارك في مبادرة جديرة بالاهتمام:
منظمة أرشيف أرولسين @ArolsenArchives هي منظمة عالمية توفر معلومات للبحث عن ضحايا النازية. تعتمد هذه المنظمة على أرشيف شامل، هو الأكبر على مستوى العالم. يحتوي هذا الأرشيف على بيانات ضحايا النازية والناجين منها، حيث يضم حوالي 123 مليون وثيقة عن حوالي 17.5 مليون إنسان،
صدرت هذه الوثائق من معسكرات الاعتقال أو الهيئات النازية على سبيل المثال. علمًا أن هذا الكم الهائل من الوثائق يروي قصص حياة مختلفة ويكشف ما لاقاه هؤلاء الأفراد من مصائر.
#diplogram
#diplogram
1.3 million people were sent to #Auschwitz extermination camp.
1.1 million people, among them 960,000 Jews (865,000 gassed on arrival), were murdered at Auschwitz.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
1.1 million people, among them 960,000 Jews (865,000 gassed on arrival), were murdered at Auschwitz.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
On 27 January 1945, #Auschwitz concentration camp was #liberated by the #RedArmy.
Most remaining prisoners had been forced onto death marches before, about 7,000 had been left behind.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
Most remaining prisoners had been forced onto death marches before, about 7,000 had been left behind.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
Between 1933-1945, Nazi Germany operated ab. 1,000 concentration camps on its own and in occupied territories in Europe.
The total number of victims remains in the dark, more than 6 million jews alone were murdered in the holocaust.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
The total number of victims remains in the dark, more than 6 million jews alone were murdered in the holocaust.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
1/3 Ich habe jetzt 17 Tage darüber nachgedacht, ob ich diese Tweets schreiben soll, denn im Normallfall halte ich mich hier mit direkten Ansprachen zurück.
Aber die Wut geht nicht weg. Am 11.1 hat @ulfposh mehrfach das Gesicht eines jüdischen Schriftstellers dem Internetmob...
Aber die Wut geht nicht weg. Am 11.1 hat @ulfposh mehrfach das Gesicht eines jüdischen Schriftstellers dem Internetmob...
2/3 vorgeworfen. Sein Foto sogar mit dem Zitat "guten morgen auch, du schöne zeit, uns stehen steuermillarden b´reit" versehen.
Neben dem offensichtlich antisemitischen Framing, ist ziemlich bekannt, dass @Kapitelmanslife regelmäßig von Neo-Nazis bedroht wurde.
Neben dem offensichtlich antisemitischen Framing, ist ziemlich bekannt, dass @Kapitelmanslife regelmäßig von Neo-Nazis bedroht wurde.
3/3 Was ist das für ein #WeRemember, wenn die Solidarität nur für tote Juden reicht?
Heute wäre ein ziemlich guter Tag für eine Entschuldigung, Herr @ulfposh.
Heute wäre ein ziemlich guter Tag für eine Entschuldigung, Herr @ulfposh.
Am 22.12.2021 wurde ein Plakat von den „Spaziergängern“ vor dem Kaltenkirchener Rathaus abgelegt, auf dem sich Ungeimpfte mit der Verfolgung der Juden im Holocaust gleichsetzen wollten.
Ein Thread dazu 🧵
1/11
Ein Thread dazu 🧵
1/11
Die Relativierung der Verfolgung und des Leids von NS-Opfern durch die Instrumentalisierung und den Missbrauch von Impfgegnern und Verschwörungsideologen ist verstörend und zutiefst abstoßend,
damit wurde für uns und viele andere klar eine rote Linie überschritten.
2/11
damit wurde für uns und viele andere klar eine rote Linie überschritten.
2/11
Wer solche Vergleiche vorträgt u. sich anmaßt,sich mit verfolgten Jüdinnen und Juden im Nationalsozialismus gleichzusetzen, instrumentalisiert und verhöhnt damit diejenigen, die Opfer der Verbrechen im Nationalsozialismus wurden.
Impfverweigerer,die ihre Situation jederzeit
3/11
Impfverweigerer,die ihre Situation jederzeit
3/11
In Erinnerung: Heute vor 77 Jahren, am #27Januar 1945, wurde das Konzentrations- & Vernichtungslager #Auschwitz durch die Rote Armee befreit.
Wer überlebte, trug & trägt Auschwitz bis heute mit sich.
Weitere Infos @YadVashemDE: bit.ly/3om879l
#KeinVergessen #WeRemember
Wer überlebte, trug & trägt Auschwitz bis heute mit sich.
Weitere Infos @YadVashemDE: bit.ly/3om879l
#KeinVergessen #WeRemember
Dazu: „Mit #Auschwitz seht ihr nur einen Teil der Schoa“ -Gaskammern, Auschwitz und andere Konzentrationslager stehen symbolisch für den #Holocaust. Doch in Osteuropa starben auch rund anderthalb Millionen Juden bei Massenerschießungen.
via @dlfkultur
deutschlandfunkkultur.de/historiker-tre…
via @dlfkultur
deutschlandfunkkultur.de/historiker-tre…
Dazu: Mit dem Schatten leben - Immer mehr #Holocaust-Überlebende sind extrem alt. Ihr Zeugnis wird fehlen. Ihre Erfahrungen prägen aber auch das Leben ihrer Nachkommen – bis hin zu den Enkeln.
#HolocaustGedenktag
via @DLF
deutschlandfunk.de/enkel-der-holo…
#HolocaustGedenktag
via @DLF
deutschlandfunk.de/enkel-der-holo…
On this #HolocaustMemorialDay I pay particular tribute to two relatives whose existence and tragic loss I recently discovered.
Siblings Ludwig Sinsheimer and Eugenie Reuter were deported from their homeland, Germany, by the Nazis.
They died in 1942.
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Siblings Ludwig Sinsheimer and Eugenie Reuter were deported from their homeland, Germany, by the Nazis.
They died in 1942.
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Ludwig, 67, was deported to Gurs, France in October 1940 in the Wagner-Bürckel-Aktion-the expulsion of Jews from southwest Germany.
Originally used to intern Spanish Republicans, Gurs was turned by the Nazis & Vichy France into a camp for deported Jews.
🔗encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
Originally used to intern Spanish Republicans, Gurs was turned by the Nazis & Vichy France into a camp for deported Jews.
🔗encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
Ludwig was later sent to Noé, a nearby "hospital camp" set up in 1941 for sick and older inmates from Gurs. He died there in October 1942.
Pictured is the memorial cemetery at Noé (📷bit.ly/3FXLkte).
And here's a short history of the camp 🔗apra.asso.fr/Camps/En/Camp-…
Pictured is the memorial cemetery at Noé (📷bit.ly/3FXLkte).
And here's a short history of the camp 🔗apra.asso.fr/Camps/En/Camp-…
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
- Elie Wiesel
#HolocaustMemorialDay
- Elie Wiesel
#HolocaustMemorialDay
“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
― Elie Wiesel
#HolocaustMemorialDay
― Elie Wiesel
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#LiberationofGoa
#November 1961 - in a display of its #maritime supremacy in the region Portuguese contingent based at #Anjadip Island fires at #Indian merchant ship Sabarmati. Portuguese garrisons also fire indiscriminately on Indian fishing boats off #Karwar & South #Goa (1/n)
#November 1961 - in a display of its #maritime supremacy in the region Portuguese contingent based at #Anjadip Island fires at #Indian merchant ship Sabarmati. Portuguese garrisons also fire indiscriminately on Indian fishing boats off #Karwar & South #Goa (1/n)
These acts of aggression by the Portuguese forced #GovernmentofIndia to evict them from Indian soil & #IndianNavy executed #OpVijay to achieve this aim.
Two warships #Rajput & #Kirpan are deployed to escort merchant ships & ensure safety of fishermen (2/n)
#NavalArchives
Two warships #Rajput & #Kirpan are deployed to escort merchant ships & ensure safety of fishermen (2/n)
#NavalArchives
#01Dec 1961
Naval Headquarters #NHQ initiates #OpChutney, a precursor to #OpVijay, to capture Anjadip Island.
#INSBetwa & #INSBeas are deployed on patrol off Goa, #INSMysore & #INSTrishul prepare to carry out an amphibious landing (3/n)
#GoaLiberationDay
#Goaat60
@MHSofIndia
Naval Headquarters #NHQ initiates #OpChutney, a precursor to #OpVijay, to capture Anjadip Island.
#INSBetwa & #INSBeas are deployed on patrol off Goa, #INSMysore & #INSTrishul prepare to carry out an amphibious landing (3/n)
#GoaLiberationDay
#Goaat60
@MHSofIndia
Smt Phool Wati Devi, w/o Late S S Malhan, Leading Mechanical Engineer (LME) paid homage to her husband on #01Dec 21 at #NationalWarMemorial.
She placed petals at the 'Tablet' and laid a wreath at Tyag Chakra (1/3).
@salute2soldier
@NAVYESM
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
#BraveSonsofIndia
She placed petals at the 'Tablet' and laid a wreath at Tyag Chakra (1/3).
@salute2soldier
@NAVYESM
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
#BraveSonsofIndia
Late S S Malhan, LME served onboard #INSKhukri during the
#1971War, displayed exceptional courage & made the Supreme Sacrifice.
The wreath laying ceremony was attended by officers from IHQ MoD (Navy) (2/3).
@SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia
@AjaybhattBJP4UK
@drajaykumar_ias
#1971War, displayed exceptional courage & made the Supreme Sacrifice.
The wreath laying ceremony was attended by officers from IHQ MoD (Navy) (2/3).
@SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia
@AjaybhattBJP4UK
@drajaykumar_ias
Earlier during the day, Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff #CNS and Mrs Kala Hari Kumar, President NWWA met the family and felicitated them (3/3).
#WeRemember
#VeerNaris
#WeRemember
#VeerNaris
#Reliving1971
On evening of 03 Dec 1971, then PM Smt Indira Gandhi announced-
''I speak to you at a moment of grave peril to our country...The Pakistan Air Force suddenly struck at our airfields in Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Avantipur, Utterlai, Jodhpur, Ambala & Agra''
(1/n)
On evening of 03 Dec 1971, then PM Smt Indira Gandhi announced-
''I speak to you at a moment of grave peril to our country...The Pakistan Air Force suddenly struck at our airfields in Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Avantipur, Utterlai, Jodhpur, Ambala & Agra''
(1/n)
The first hostilities had broken-out between India & Pakistan!
However, known to a few, Pakistani Submarine Ghazi was already on the prowl on the Eastern coast of India since end-Nov - its target, the aircraft carrier #INSVikrant - the pride of #IndianNavy (2/n).
#NavalArchives
However, known to a few, Pakistani Submarine Ghazi was already on the prowl on the Eastern coast of India since end-Nov - its target, the aircraft carrier #INSVikrant - the pride of #IndianNavy (2/n).
#NavalArchives
In fact, from 27 Nov onwards, PNS Ghazi hung around 5-10 miles off the harbour entrance, armed with torpedoes & mines, waiting for Vikrant.
Did Ghazi get its target? Or did Vikrant manage to counter the deadly submarine?
To know more, watch this space (3/n)
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
Did Ghazi get its target? Or did Vikrant manage to counter the deadly submarine?
To know more, watch this space (3/n)
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
Kristallnacht – O início do holocausto.
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Considerado como o início do holocausto, entre os dias 9 e 10 de novembro de 1938, tropas nazistas com o apoio e participação de civis iniciaram uma onda de pogroms contra judeus na Alemanha, Áustria e em partes ocupadas da Checoslováquia.
“Pogroms”, termo russo que significa “causar estragos”, se refere aos ataques violentos de cidadãos não-judeus a comunidades judaicas locais, desde o Império Russo até outros países onde o antissemitismo era e é recorrente.
Auch in #Zschocher werden heute Stolpersteine geputzt. Der Lixer e.V. hat festgestellt, dass noch längst nicht an alle jüdischen Mitbürger:innen im Kiez erinnert wird. Deshalb wurden heute zusätzlich provisorische Stolpersteine im Kiez verlegt.(1/14) #niewieder #Novemberprogrome
In der #Klarastr. 21 lebte Beril Josef Moses, Inhaber eines Gold- und Juwelengroßhandels. Er wurde am 22.2.1885 in Czernowitz geboren und am 17.07.1941 nach Buchenwald deportiert. Dort wurde er vermutlich wenige Tage später, am 29.07.1941 ermordet.(2/14)
#Novemberpogrome
#Novemberpogrome
Ebenfalls in der Klarastr. lebte die jüdische Arbeiterin Heni Schleichkorn. Über ihren verbleib ist momentan noch nichts weiteres bekannt. #NieWieder #Antisemitismustötet #Novemberpogrome #Leipzig (3/14)
