I was walking along Raval (in Barcelona) when all of a sudden I understood that Europe died with Auschwitz. We assassinated 6 million Jews in order to end up bringing in 20 million Muslims!
Speak for yourself Sebastian. 'We' did nothing of the sort. Fanatical socialists of the 3rd Reich did the deed, convinced that their State had been given the power to kill by majority will.
We burnt in Auschwitz the culture, intelligence and power to create.
The socialist authoritarians killed those they had no use for. They believe most individuals are interchangeable pawns of the State.
We burnt the people of the world, the one who is proclaimed the chosen people of God.
The national socialist's thought themselves to be superior people.. -- The socialistic idea that some men have special abilities, that they have the 'culture, intelligence and power' to create rules for the rest of us, this idea is at the heart of the madness of Auschwitz, and of that in Mecca.
One of the things the Nazis did, was to turn nationalism into almost a crime after the war.
Now if you express a love for your country, people equate you with the Nazis, you are not supposed to be nationalistic, we are now supposed to be "citizens of the world."
Your do not understand the history of the period. Hitler's genocide was well known and clearly understood from the mid 30s by every Western leader. We - the Allies - chose to do nothing. The US did nothing. It was not our problem. There was rampant hatred of the Jews throughout Europe and the US. There was no concerted effort on the part of any nation to undermine the genocide.
WE are responsible just as surely as we are responsible for slavery in our country's history.
The US and much of Europe have sought to overcome their failure to come to the rescue of the Jews by supporting Israel. Similarly we have sought to overcome the degradation of slavery.
We have not, however, even begun to understand the culture of death we continue to celebrate. That is the profound message of the writer.