Today I remember that my grandfather was arrested and deported to French camps by French authorities then deported to Auschwitz by the Nazis.
He didn't return.
Today I remember that my mum was smuggled into Switzerland. That her mum paid smugglers to take her through the border.
He didn't return.
Today I remember that my mum was smuggled into Switzerland. That her mum paid smugglers to take her through the border.
I remember what the Nazis did. The people they murdered, the terrible wars they fought.
And now I see tweets claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. That Jews invented it all either to give a bad reputation to the Nazis or as a pretext to steal Palestine.
And now I see tweets claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. That Jews invented it all either to give a bad reputation to the Nazis or as a pretext to steal Palestine.
Now I hear a politician claiming the EU is like the Nazis, winning a referendum and an election thanks to this awful and disgusting lie.
And I read tweets pretending the EU is the fourth Reich and was always the Nazi plan.
And I read tweets pretending the EU is the fourth Reich and was always the Nazi plan.
Now I hear countries saying their populations had nothing to do with what happened at the time when history says the contrary (which does not mean that today's population is guilty).
Now I hear politicians saying that yes, they remember, but refuse to let migrant children be reunited with their families.
So yes #WeRemember but memories are fading and are exploited.
So yes #WeRemember but memories are fading and are exploited.
