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Why we can never allow a fascist regime to take over America. Christian nationalists take note and check yourself.
Why we can never allow a fascist regime to take over America. Christian nationalists take note and check yourself.
The Nazi extermination camp was liberated 75 years ago by soldiers of the First Ukrainian Front of the Red Army on January 27, 1945, in one of history’s great paradoxes that saw soldiers of Stalinist totalitarianism bringing freedom to the prisoners of German totalitarianism.
1.1 million people who were murdered by Germans in the largest documented mass murder in the history of the humanity at Auschwitz
Read these comments from those at Auschwitz.
Leon Weintraub- “When you enter Auschwitz, they take away everything that makes you a person. They change you from a person into a tool. If you can work, you’re okay. If you can’t then you are just garbage.”
Leon Weintraub- “When you enter Auschwitz, they take away everything that makes you a person. They change you from a person into a tool. If you can work, you’re okay. If you can’t then you are just garbage.”
Leon Weintraub was 18 years old when he was sent to Auschwitz from the Lódź ghetto in August 1944. He ended up later in KL Flossenbürg and Natzweiler-Strutthof.
“We didn’t know where we were going. There were no signs. They told us they were sending us away for our own safety because the front was approaching. We were so disappointed when the herded us into the cattle wagons because it was clear they were not concerned about us. We were
paralysed with fear.”
“At Auschwitz, we were welcomed with “raus raus raus”. I saw a boy wearing pyjamas. They took away all my things, including my stamp collection. ‘You don’t need stamps here,” they said.
“At Auschwitz, we were welcomed with “raus raus raus”. I saw a boy wearing pyjamas. They took away all my things, including my stamp collection. ‘You don’t need stamps here,” they said.
“I saw barbed wire – I saw electricity – I realised it was electrified, what kind of place needs electric fences, I wondered. Then we went for a shower, then a haircut. They took the hair from all over the body. There was a long queue, so they rushed the haircut, taking pieces of
skin too. It meant that the disinfection was very painful. They put fluid on genitals, arms and head – it hurt a lot.
“We got clothes, trousers jacket and shirt, wooden shoes. In the barrack, men walked up and down shouting – if someone has hidden gold, dollars in their anus,
“We got clothes, trousers jacket and shirt, wooden shoes. In the barrack, men walked up and down shouting – if someone has hidden gold, dollars in their anus,
they will see in the x-ray – then we will be punished. It was step-by-step dehumanisation.”
Weintraub then reflected on the nature of humanity.
“Racism is based on wrong premises – because we all come from the same source – research shows that we are the line of homosapiens.
Weintraub then reflected on the nature of humanity.
“Racism is based on wrong premises – because we all come from the same source – research shows that we are the line of homosapiens.
There is only one human race. I am a doctor, when a child is born, they have no opinions in their brain.
“Astronomers tell us there are billions of stars – we are just a little piece – and then we divided this little piece into thousands of separate pieces. To be respected
“Astronomers tell us there are billions of stars – we are just a little piece – and then we divided this little piece into thousands of separate pieces. To be respected
you have to be ready to respect others. Stop the hate – learn to live with each other.”
Benjamin Lesser:
Benjamin Lesser was born in Krakow in 1928. His father owned a successful chocolate factory as well as a wine and fruit syrup factory. His family fled to Hungary in 1943.
Benjamin Lesser:
Benjamin Lesser was born in Krakow in 1928. His father owned a successful chocolate factory as well as a wine and fruit syrup factory. His family fled to Hungary in 1943.
In 1944 when the Nazis invaded Hungary, Lesser was sent to Auschwitz.
“We got out of the train. I was holding my sister and brother. They were telling people to go to the right or the left. It was the last time I saw my sister or brother – they went to the gas. I saw four or
“We got out of the train. I was holding my sister and brother. They were telling people to go to the right or the left. It was the last time I saw my sister or brother – they went to the gas. I saw four or
five strange chimneys with fire and ash, I saw Mengele. He asked, ‘Can you run 5 km or do you want to go by truck’.
“Why as such a question. I had no idea what it meant. They were testing us to see if we were strong enough to work. One boy had a bad knee, so he was sent to the
“Why as such a question. I had no idea what it meant. They were testing us to see if we were strong enough to work. One boy had a bad knee, so he was sent to the
right, to the gas. “I was 15 at the time. I went to Mengele and said I was 18, healthy and I can work. He sent me to the left, then to the bath house.
“In the barrack they started shouting at us: ‘You Hungarians, you think you’re here on vacation. See those ashes, they are your
“In the barrack they started shouting at us: ‘You Hungarians, you think you’re here on vacation. See those ashes, they are your
mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, you will all end up in ashes.’
Lesser continued to describe what he saw in Birkenau.
“I’ll never forget in the barrack. It was next to the pits. They were throwing children alive into fiery pits. We saw the flames and heard the screaming
Lesser continued to describe what he saw in Birkenau.
“I’ll never forget in the barrack. It was next to the pits. They were throwing children alive into fiery pits. We saw the flames and heard the screaming
they couldn’t be bothered to even kill the infants – they had no hair or gold teeth. So they threw them on top of the trucks with dead bodies for burning – it still gives me sleepless night.”
Talking about his duty as a Holocaust survivor, he said: “My obligation is to keep
Talking about his duty as a Holocaust survivor, he said: “My obligation is to keep
the memory alive. Life goes on – it is easy to forget – I will not allow the memory to be lost. Millions were slaughtered by the Nazis – if I don’t repeat what I saw they will die a second death.”
