#auschwitzmemorial — Public Fediverse posts

I've noticed that I got blocked by some for occasionally boosting posts of the @auschwitzmuseum.

If you're not familiar with that account: it is run by the #AuschwitzMemorial in Poland, and their posts are usually a photograph of a victim of the #holocaust, accompanied by a short text on who they were.

I share criticism of the appointment of some questionable persons as members of their advisory "International Auschwitz Council" (#IAC). Members that relativize genocides, apparently because in their opinions, only a holocaust counts as a "real" genocide, despite the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (#CPPCG) having clear criteria that say otherwise; and despite their own country being a member state of that treaty. Members that also have a track record of proudly defending decades of gross violations of international law.

I'm also alienated by the contrast between the Museum's strong, and almost instant, condemnation of the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine in 2022, and its choice of still staying completely silent, in 2025, on the war crimes being committed in #Gaza. I consider this voluntary bias utterly inappropriate, once you have chosen to speak up on current matters.

You will still see me boosting posts that show a human being, and what a genocidal regime has done to them. Whether it's a historical genocide, or a present one.

#Porajmos
https://www.roma-sinti-holocaust-memorial-day.eu/de/
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Weniger bekannt als der Begriff SHOA aber ebenso verheerend.
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"Als „Porajmos“ (dt. „das Verschlingen“) wird in Romanes der Genozid an den Sinti und Roma während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus bezeichnet. Trauriger Höhepunkt des Völkermordes war der 2. August 1944, der sich dieses Jahr zum 80. Mal jährt.

#sintiundroma #le0208 #gedenken #porajmos #romaremember #auschwitzmemorial

@auschwitzmuseum
Thank you so much! We shared a quote from #EdithStein's sister Rosa earlier this week. You're a needed presence. We're now following & will boost you as often as we see your posts. The #boost is the most important action that you can take here. Mastodon is about positivity, mutual encouragement, and helpful engagement.

Excellent resources here to help you get started, if you haven't already seen them:
https://fedi.tips/

#welcome #AuschwitzMemorial