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Holocaust memorial day, Monday the 27th January

Hope

Over 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, but also gypsies, disabled people, homosexuals and political activists.

Not only did so many die, but the legacy lives on in the survivors, many of whom have had blighted lives due to the horrific events that they experienced.

This atrocity must never be allowed to happen again.

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  • Can I endorse Hope's alert to this event.

    When they were first set up I attended them regularly, as I was chairing an equality group, but I've missed out the last few years being in transition between homes, and out of the loop. I've read aloud texts at some, as a participant.

    There should be ceremonies in most towns, on university campuses etc.

    It isn't just about what happened then, but what has happened since - genocide and other cruelties world-wide, and abuses nearer home. And it is also about safeguarding the future. 

    You don't therefore have to be Jewish to attend, although jewish communities are particularly supportive, and the larger formal ones include elements of the Jewish memorial. Which is hugely emotive.

    Often these are accompanied by small exhibitions of photos and memories, not only of the holocaust, but events since.

    And it does include the disabled. And, while the impacts on the disabled under our coalition government's cynical and callous welfare reforms taking 500,000 disabled people off benefits, without adequate impact monitoring, might be deemed relatively minor, this may be a time for disabled people to attend holocaust events, to be seen with regard to what could happen.

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  • Can I endorse Hope's alert to this event.

    When they were first set up I attended them regularly, as I was chairing an equality group, but I've missed out the last few years being in transition between homes, and out of the loop. I've read aloud texts at some, as a participant.

    There should be ceremonies in most towns, on university campuses etc.

    It isn't just about what happened then, but what has happened since - genocide and other cruelties world-wide, and abuses nearer home. And it is also about safeguarding the future. 

    You don't therefore have to be Jewish to attend, although jewish communities are particularly supportive, and the larger formal ones include elements of the Jewish memorial. Which is hugely emotive.

    Often these are accompanied by small exhibitions of photos and memories, not only of the holocaust, but events since.

    And it does include the disabled. And, while the impacts on the disabled under our coalition government's cynical and callous welfare reforms taking 500,000 disabled people off benefits, without adequate impact monitoring, might be deemed relatively minor, this may be a time for disabled people to attend holocaust events, to be seen with regard to what could happen.

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