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
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.
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.
Of the 825,000 Jews living in Hungary at the beginning of the war, most survived until the German occupation of 1944.

In the space of two months, as Allied troops were landing in Normandy, 440,000 jews were deported to extermination camps, mainly to Auschwitz.
Over 750,000 Jews lived in Romania before the war.

Those who did not die at the hand of death squads were sent to death camps of Transnistria.

Less than half of the Jewish population remained at the end of the war.
260,000 Jews were murdered in Czechoslovakia
165,000 Jews were murdered in Germany
145,000 Jews were murdered in Lithuania
102,000 Jews were murdered in the Netherlands
76,000 Jews were murdered in France
70,000 Jews were murdered in Latvia

And the list tragically goes on
The pain of these memories is still with us to this day.

Theses wounds will never truly heal.

And the impact is still felt to this day.

In 1939, there were nearly 17 million Jews worldwide.
In 2022, that number is below 15 million.

The loss is incomprehensible.
But even through the darkness, through this period of abject inhumanity and murderous hate, there are also incredible stories of true heroes risking their lives to save their neighbours, their friends, their fellow humans.
I am thinking of Raoul Wallenberg, Carl Lutz, Oskar Schindler, Johan van Hulst, Archbishop Damaskinos and so many more.

We know them as "Righteous Among the Nations"

They were not Jewish, but put themselves in danger to protect Jews from the Nazi regime.
And as the Nazis were about to deport over 8000 Jews in Denmark to their deaths, civil society fought back.

After neutral Sweden agreed to take in Jewish refugees, Danes from across society banded together to help evacuate over 90% of Danish Jews, saving so many.
This is the memory of the #Holocaust

A horribly vivid demonstration of the depth of evil that can live among us.

But also a reflection of the power and possibility of human solidarity.

On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, #WeRemember and we #NeverForget

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Jan 27
Dans les années 1930, la population juive d'Europe comptait près de 10 millions de personnes.

En 1945, 60 % d'entre eux avaient été assassinés, décimant ainsi des communautés entières qui vivaient là depuis des siècles.

C'est l'histoire de l'#Holocauste.
Les communautés juives en Pologne remontent à plus de 1000 ans.

3,5 millions de Juifs vivaient en Pologne avant la guerre.

Plus de 3 millions d'entre eux furent assassinés par les nazis.

Aujourd'hui, il n'en reste que quelques milliers.
Les premiers Juifs sont arrivés en Ukraine au 4e siècle av. J.-C.

1,5 million furent assassinés.

Beaucoup ont été tués par les Einsatzgruppen, ou escadrons de la mort, y compris lors du massacre de Babi Yar, qui a fait 35.000 morts et décimé la communauté juive de Kiev.
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Sep 4, 2021
Voici un Ruger Mini-14. Il a été utilisé par le tireur qui a tué 14 femmes à l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.  
Erin O'Toole le légaliserait.
Voici un SIG Sauer MCX. Il a été utilisé pour tuer 49 personnes dans la boîte de nuit Pulse à Orlando en Floride.  
Erin O'Toole le légaliserait.
Voici un AR-15. Quatorze de ces armes ont été utilisées par un seul tireur pour tuer 60 spectateurs à Las Vegas.  
Erin O'Toole le légaliserait.
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Sep 4, 2021
This is a Ruger Mini-14. It was used by the shooter who killed 14 women at the Montreal École Polytechnique.  
 
Erin O’Toole would legalize it.
This is a SIG Sauer MCX. It was used to murder 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. 
 
Erin O’Toole would legalize it.
This is an AR-15. Fourteen of these were used by a single shooter to murder 60 concertgoers in Las Vegas.  
 
Erin O’Toole would legalize it.
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May 1, 2020
Some issues are so big that they point straight to who we are and what we value as a society. There are some that are personal, personal to our lives or to our community.

Gun control, for me, is all of these things.
On a cold December evening in 1989, a military-style gun was used in a shooting that changed us all.

Today, our government banned the Ruger Mini-14, the gun used in the @polymtl massacre.

Today, we made over 1,500 military-style assault weapons models illegal. Full stop.
There are people in our community that have spent the last 30 years fighting for stronger gun control. I am humbled to know them and to work alongside them.

Though the fight is far from over, this step forward belongs to the advocates at @Polysesouvient.
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