Let’s heed call by holocaust survivors

ONE of the greatest human tragedy inflicted on man by man took place seventy years ago in a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland.Many of the survivors of that holocaust, now in their sunset years, have issued a call not to allow a repeat of the crimes that took place during those sordid years at a memorial ceremony held recently at the site where the holocaust took place.

Over a million lives were lost mostly Jews between 1940 and 1945 when Soviet troops liberated it.

It was undoubtedly one of the worst act of hatred and inhumanity. Those who survived the holocaust were children at the time but the scars of that period remained fresh in their collective memories.

Regrettably, the lessons of Auschwitz has not been fully heeded as manifested in so many acts of terror and savage brutality inflicted on people in so many parts of the world. Despite the International Criminal Court in the Hague, crimes against humanity continue unabated.

This is why the call by the holocaust survivors must not be allowed to fall on deaf ears.

HYDAR ALLY

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