A commendable writing, Mr Proud, though I would like to point out that Hamas acted in 2023, in fact, reciprocally to take hostages as a bargaining chip for the Palestinian hostages whom Israel has illegally tortured and kept in captivity for years.
Podcaster Keaton Weiss put it quaintly. Without the exact quote I am paraphrasing him: the descendants of the victims of genocide have committed one themselves, with the aid of descendants of those who did the original one. The descendants of the perpetrators are in war with the nation which liberated Auschwitz, denying the descendants of the liberators therefore participating the ceremony of the remembrance.
In other words, we live in the funhouse mirror of ahistory, the day committed remembering victims of Auschwitz has turned into a travesty, a blasphemy of historic truths.
We memorialize Auschwitz and many other tangible reminders of the Holocaust not only to pay homage to the victims but presumably also to ensure that such a thing never happens again. In view of all that has happened since 7 October 2023 in occupied Palestine, Holocaust remembrance seems wholly performative at this point. To quote Georg Hegel — 'We learn from history that we do not learn from history.'
Very good point. We should continue to remember and say never again. But as you infer, we should continue to call out those who say never while at the same time perpetrating or condoning other atrocities.
Dear Ian, since you mentioned "On 27 January 1945, soldiers of the Red Army’s 332nd Rifle Division arrived at the Nazi concentration camp" maybe you'll be interested to learn a few more details that led to that moment. In 2004 in New York I happened to participate in interviewing late Anatoly Shapiro, Soviet Army major and that Battalion commander who lead it on the way from Krakow to Auschwitz (FYI, at that time the battalion of Soviet Army was a relatively small formation of about 600 soldiers). His battalion received the order to go to Auschwitz on 24 January 1945 being in Krakow which is just 60 km from Auschwitz. It took them 3 (three) days to get over there because of very stiff resistance on German troops on the way. He specifically described one of the village on the way to Auschwitz (he called it out by I forgot the name) where they had to fight for the whole day because Germans had quite fortified positions in it. I am bringing it up because of the term "arrived" that rubbed me against the skin. I have to apologize for my poor English but I am ESL. Anatoly Shapiro, Russian Jew like me, had opened Auschwitz gates with his own hands on 27 January 1945. Also, my apology for such a long post: it was not my intent to write an essay here. Thank you
Fascinating detail, so incredibly interesting and thanks so much for sharing. I have heard some accounts saying that the Jewish Soviet soldiers spoke in Yiddish to the camp inmates and were stunned by what they were being told about what had gone on at the camps, they had no idea at all and were obviously sickened by what they heard.
In 1928-1930, Stalin and henchmen murdered 58 million Christians including 85,000 Christian medical doctors. This was genocide on steroids by the atheist Communists. Unfortunately, Hitler was aware of this. Today, the sad truth is that WEF Jewish Zelenski masquerades as a Nazi, in the same way his literal blood cousin George Soros was a closet Communist while overtly a Nazi. The WEF and globalists used Ukrainian nationalism to destroy Ukrainian nationalism, as it was known before the war the Russian troops would have a 6-to-1 advantage over Ukrainian soldiers. This proved true. The globalists sought to bring Soros' Open Society LGBTQ to maximization, also Counter Culture imposed on Russia as attempted in America; and globalists profiteer Larry Fink of Blackrock is slated to rebuild Ukraine, following the words of radical socialist Saul Alinsky who said, "Bring all to rubble and rebuild."
From which sources have you read that Stalin murdered 58 million Christians? The ssame which are lying about Ukraine obviously.
Yes, most people in Europe and the US want to fight to the last Ukrainian or better Russian.
But will they also fight to the last European and American?
And yes, you never see or hear any critical voice in the debate about Ukraine. Because they are all censored. For my part I could comment in the Danish newspaper, Politiken, until four month ago. Thereafter the debate was closed. And you can not comment in the right wing intellectual newspaper, Information, because the so-called moderator removes all critical comments about Ukraine and Nato. If you go on, he closes your user, which I and many other have experienced. So where to participate in the so-called democratic debate? The decidedly pro-Nato right wing newspapers?
A clear and uplifting post-thank you Ian. However, you seem still impressed by the wild lie"the heinous atrocity committed by Hamas of October 7 2023 " but a desperate action provoked by decades of cruelty to people without rights, living on a tiny besieged strip of what had been their own homeland. Media control in all the Western "democracies" ensured that lurid stories, later shown to be false by real investigations, spread freely. Yassi Landau was a known fabricator of these disgusting stories, but they were repeated even by POTUSBiden.
Thank you Rosemary. And just to be clear, I find nothing impressive about events of October 7 2023, however much they have been twisted, as I’m sure they have been. I’ve always been clear that Palestinian people should be able to live freely and without fear of repression in an internationally recognised state they can call their own.
If you reaaaaallly were a diplomat, you should know there is MORE than just simple ‘hatred’ to explain the recent Gaza cleansing and all out military ( and never diplomatic) support from EU to zelinski…there IS a grand plan behind it.
I suggest you find Call for an uprising , Herding Humanity on YT … he is DEEP in knowledge about all these heinous elitist plans..
A commendable writing, Mr Proud, though I would like to point out that Hamas acted in 2023, in fact, reciprocally to take hostages as a bargaining chip for the Palestinian hostages whom Israel has illegally tortured and kept in captivity for years.
Podcaster Keaton Weiss put it quaintly. Without the exact quote I am paraphrasing him: the descendants of the victims of genocide have committed one themselves, with the aid of descendants of those who did the original one. The descendants of the perpetrators are in war with the nation which liberated Auschwitz, denying the descendants of the liberators therefore participating the ceremony of the remembrance.
In other words, we live in the funhouse mirror of ahistory, the day committed remembering victims of Auschwitz has turned into a travesty, a blasphemy of historic truths.
We memorialize Auschwitz and many other tangible reminders of the Holocaust not only to pay homage to the victims but presumably also to ensure that such a thing never happens again. In view of all that has happened since 7 October 2023 in occupied Palestine, Holocaust remembrance seems wholly performative at this point. To quote Georg Hegel — 'We learn from history that we do not learn from history.'
Very good point. We should continue to remember and say never again. But as you infer, we should continue to call out those who say never while at the same time perpetrating or condoning other atrocities.
Dear Ian, since you mentioned "On 27 January 1945, soldiers of the Red Army’s 332nd Rifle Division arrived at the Nazi concentration camp" maybe you'll be interested to learn a few more details that led to that moment. In 2004 in New York I happened to participate in interviewing late Anatoly Shapiro, Soviet Army major and that Battalion commander who lead it on the way from Krakow to Auschwitz (FYI, at that time the battalion of Soviet Army was a relatively small formation of about 600 soldiers). His battalion received the order to go to Auschwitz on 24 January 1945 being in Krakow which is just 60 km from Auschwitz. It took them 3 (three) days to get over there because of very stiff resistance on German troops on the way. He specifically described one of the village on the way to Auschwitz (he called it out by I forgot the name) where they had to fight for the whole day because Germans had quite fortified positions in it. I am bringing it up because of the term "arrived" that rubbed me against the skin. I have to apologize for my poor English but I am ESL. Anatoly Shapiro, Russian Jew like me, had opened Auschwitz gates with his own hands on 27 January 1945. Also, my apology for such a long post: it was not my intent to write an essay here. Thank you
Fascinating detail, so incredibly interesting and thanks so much for sharing. I have heard some accounts saying that the Jewish Soviet soldiers spoke in Yiddish to the camp inmates and were stunned by what they were being told about what had gone on at the camps, they had no idea at all and were obviously sickened by what they heard.
In 1928-1930, Stalin and henchmen murdered 58 million Christians including 85,000 Christian medical doctors. This was genocide on steroids by the atheist Communists. Unfortunately, Hitler was aware of this. Today, the sad truth is that WEF Jewish Zelenski masquerades as a Nazi, in the same way his literal blood cousin George Soros was a closet Communist while overtly a Nazi. The WEF and globalists used Ukrainian nationalism to destroy Ukrainian nationalism, as it was known before the war the Russian troops would have a 6-to-1 advantage over Ukrainian soldiers. This proved true. The globalists sought to bring Soros' Open Society LGBTQ to maximization, also Counter Culture imposed on Russia as attempted in America; and globalists profiteer Larry Fink of Blackrock is slated to rebuild Ukraine, following the words of radical socialist Saul Alinsky who said, "Bring all to rubble and rebuild."
From which sources have you read that Stalin murdered 58 million Christians? The ssame which are lying about Ukraine obviously.
Yes, most people in Europe and the US want to fight to the last Ukrainian or better Russian.
But will they also fight to the last European and American?
And yes, you never see or hear any critical voice in the debate about Ukraine. Because they are all censored. For my part I could comment in the Danish newspaper, Politiken, until four month ago. Thereafter the debate was closed. And you can not comment in the right wing intellectual newspaper, Information, because the so-called moderator removes all critical comments about Ukraine and Nato. If you go on, he closes your user, which I and many other have experienced. So where to participate in the so-called democratic debate? The decidedly pro-Nato right wing newspapers?
It is well known and well documented Stalin murdered 58 million Christians - including 85,000 Christian medical doctors - in late 1920s Russia. Published in Texe Marrs, Charles Coughlin, many others. Hard core Communism has always been rigorously anti-Christian even in 1956 Budapest. WEF Communism is anti-Christian big time. WEF Trudeau through First Nations proxies burned 58+ major churches - including my favorite - and WEF Zelenskyy does the same as revealed here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/stephen-volk/zelenskyys-actions-against-ukrainian-churches-and-clergy/ebook/product-956r8pw.html?q=Zelenskyy+by+Volk&page=1&pageSize=4
A clear and uplifting post-thank you Ian. However, you seem still impressed by the wild lie"the heinous atrocity committed by Hamas of October 7 2023 " but a desperate action provoked by decades of cruelty to people without rights, living on a tiny besieged strip of what had been their own homeland. Media control in all the Western "democracies" ensured that lurid stories, later shown to be false by real investigations, spread freely. Yassi Landau was a known fabricator of these disgusting stories, but they were repeated even by POTUSBiden.
Thank you Rosemary. And just to be clear, I find nothing impressive about events of October 7 2023, however much they have been twisted, as I’m sure they have been. I’ve always been clear that Palestinian people should be able to live freely and without fear of repression in an internationally recognised state they can call their own.
If you reaaaaallly were a diplomat, you should know there is MORE than just simple ‘hatred’ to explain the recent Gaza cleansing and all out military ( and never diplomatic) support from EU to zelinski…there IS a grand plan behind it.
I suggest you find Call for an uprising , Herding Humanity on YT … he is DEEP in knowledge about all these heinous elitist plans..