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An Auschwitz Anniversary
Canada Free Press ^ | 01/28/15 | Alan Caruba

Posted on 01/28/2015 8:39:12 AM PST by Sean_Anthony

Auschwitz is not some place that existed a long time ago. It was yesterday

There was some serious irony when U.S. Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew gathered together with French President Francois Hollande and a Russian delegation led by Sergei Ivanov, Putin’s chief of staff, along with leaders from Germany and Austria to participate in the January 27 ceremony commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 by Russian troops.

I suspect that an entire generation or two born after that year, 70 years ago, may have little or no knowledge of what Auschwitz was. It was a Nazi death camp located in Oswiecim, Poland. Its full name was Auschwitz-Birkenau and it is estimated that one million people, mostly Jews, were killed there.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: auschwitz; jews

1 posted on 01/28/2015 8:39:12 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

This is one of those things you’re not allowed to say, but they were no better off being “liberated” by the Soviets — and likely worse off.


2 posted on 01/28/2015 8:45:43 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Sean_Anthony
Beautiful photos of the commemoration and tour of the camps here:

The final return to hell: 70 years after they were liberated, Auschwitz survivors make last landmark pilgrimage to death camp where more than a million were murdered

3 posted on 01/28/2015 8:51:51 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: Sean_Anthony
"Don't go east, that's for sure. They hate you there. I wouldn't go west either, if I were you."

-Schindler's List
4 posted on 01/28/2015 8:52:57 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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