The train bound for Auschwitz. 1942.
Seeing this footage in color makes the unimaginable feel real. These are not distant figures from a history book. They are mothers, fathers, children, grandparents. People dressed in their Sunday best, carrying bags, holding loved ones close, unaware of the horror awaiting them.
For many, this journey ended at the gas chambers.
Six million Jews were murdered in just four years.
The Holocaust was not ancient history. It happened within living memory to ordinary people whose lives, dreams, and futures were stolen.
Never Again is not a slogan.
“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
Was this in Hungary? How many of these victims were duped into boarding by the Tzioni Nazi collaborating Kapo Kasztner?
ReplyDeleteZero if the date is correct the kastner deal was in 44
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