#holodomor — Public Fediverse posts
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[1/3] Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum is located on the grounds of the former #Nazi concentration & extermination camp in the town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz is a German exonym). Self-guided visits are free; paid guided tours with “educators” are offered in various languages (tours can also be taken online). Entry passes are limited/ for specific times, so advance online booking is a must. A “Multibook” online course¹ is provided as pre-visit prep. The camp is in three parts: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II–Birkenau & Auschwitz III–Monowitz. Pre-existing military barracks were initially selected in 1940 to house Polish political prisoners; the camps greatly expanded during WWII. An estimated 1.1M people were murdered here—mostly Jews, but also other nationalities, minorities & (often overlooked) people with differences e.g. disabilities.
The main Auschwitz I entrance gate, as we saw at Dachau, carries the propoganda slogan „Arbeit macht frei” | “Work [will set you] free” (📷1). In reality, most were set free in the camp’s ovens (📷2). The gateway at Birkenau wasn’t a waypoint on a resettlement journey (📷3); for most it was simply the end of the line (📷4).
A clip from a survivor in the Multibook observes that most Europeans share Judeo-Christian values (whether believers or not) & proposes an 11th Commandment:
“Thou shall not be indifferent”.
One only need look at our less-than-glorious history since, or access the current news, to gauge that humanity has learned very little from this shameful place; that indifference is highly prevalent & that acts of #genocide continue. #theHolocaust. #Armenia. #Rwanda. #Cambodia. #Bosnia. #Darfur. #Holodomor. #Guatemala. #Gaza. And more… so many more.
Why do we the majority keep enabling the minorities who orchestrate mass murder? How do we overcome individual & collective indifference, or suppress the errant socio-political mechanisms that encourage it?
¹ https://multibook.auschwitz.org/przygot-en/
🇵🇱#poland 🚐#campervan 🚀#travel
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I can only begin to fathom your despair about the loss of lives, of livelihood, and of your culture.
Most people whose countries were lucky enough not to be forced into the #WarsawPact by the #SovietUnion had probably never heard of the #Holodomor the #Soviets instrumentalized to kill millions of #Ukrainians 90 years ago. And now they are trying to do it again, maybe even on a worse scope.
But as you portray very well, not...