Auschwitz.dk Website Review

The haunting words of George Santayana reminds us that the lessons of history are invaluable in determining the course of the future: Those The Holocaust was the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazis during World War 2. In 1933 nine million Jews lived in the 21 countries of Europe that would be military occupied by Germany during the war. By 1945 two out of every three European Jews had been figure includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of thousands of Gypsy children and thousands of handicapped children. The Holocaust survivor Abel Herzberg has said: There were not six million Jews murdered; there was one murder, six million times. The Holocaust is a history of enduring horror and sorrow. It seems as though there is no spark of human concern, no act of humanity, to Intelligence who was a dedicated anti-Nazi and held Hitler in utter contempt. He tried to put a stop to the crimes of war and genocide Yet there were acts of courage and kindness during the Holocaust - stories to bear witness to goodness, love and compas*ion. Let me and at the risk of his career, fortune and life, used his name and connections to save hundreds of Jews and and political dissidents during the Second World War. After the war Albert Goering - savior of victims of the tyranny his brother helped create - was imprisoned for several years for his name alone. But his story is almost unknown: he was shoved into obscurity by the enormity of his brother's crimes. Now Albert Goering, who died in 1966, is being considered for an honour given to those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. A file is being prepared at Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, the Holocaust memorial and research centre in Israel, to put Albert Goering forward for the Righteous Among the Nations award. A campaign to honour him follows growing recognition of his efforts to save victims of the Nazis. To more than 1200 Jews Schindler was all that stood between them and death at the hands of the Nazis. But he remained true to his Jews, the