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Roro’s new blog on Holocaust Remembrance
ANT KATZ
Weapons of words
So starts Roro’s excellent and emotive blog posted today.
27 January is the date that the Auschwitz death camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 – and, as such, the United Nations has designated it in perpetual memorium.
“As the world became aware of the immense atrocities of the Holocaust, it must be noted that the shattering of glass on Kristallnacht that accompanied the destruction of holy synagogues and the looting of stores and homes started with words. The gas chambers of Auschwitz and other death camps and the crematoria were built on incitement,” writes Rolene Marks.
READ ROLENE’S BRILLIANT BLOG IN FULL
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