Ladies and gents, three days ago my mom celebrated her 88th birthday. Eighty-one years ago today, 3 days after she turned 7, she was preparing for her first day of school in a suburb of Warsaw when Hitler began the Blitzkrieg and a war that killed tens of millions of people ....
... and wreaked so much hardship on tens of millions more. Among the dead were countless ancestors of mine, including a grandmother I would never meet, several uncles and aunts on my father's side and many, many more relatives. My father would spend three years, from age ...
.... 15-18, in a variety of concentrations camps, leaving him with physical and mental scars that he carried to his grave. I would like to ask you, if you happen to see a tweet or a Facebook post or a story about the anniversary of 9/1/39, not to gloss over it without ....
... stopping to think what it really meant, what really happened and why, and remind yourself that what occurred in Europe from 1939-45 can happen ANYWHERE, even in so-called advanced countries where you wouldn't think it possible, because too many human beings who are ...
.... born innocent are taught so quickly and easily to hate. Don't ever let your guard down and believe that what was cannot again be.
You can follow @hankschulman.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: