Sunday, February 15, 2009

The Holocaust- no reason needed

At the same exhibit I was talking about earlier, the presenters were saying how we used to remember it so that it wouldn't happen again. But that the thing is, it happened again and again. It happened in Cambodia. It happened in the Balkans. It's happening in Darfur, Sudan. Some may say that there is no longer a reason to remember because the world is going to hate no matter what. People are going to hate and discriminate no matter what. Maybe that is true, but the Holocaust is remembered so that maybe someone that hates doesn't hate. Maybe it does change someone. I know that the Holocaust has changed me- in so many ways. There doesn't need to be a reason why people educate others about what happened during the Holocaust. It's an event that changed the world and will only continue to change people if it is known. People need to know about it, and they shouldn't have an excuse why not.

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