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Holocaust Anniversary Marked
Fifty years ago, on November 9,1938,
the world stood by and watched as the worst
example of human hatred towards other
humans was unleashed.
Throughout the United States
and the world, hundreds of
organizations are
commemorating the
night known as
Kristallnacht,
recognized by
many as the
beginning of
the holocaust,
and vowing to
fight against
crimes of hate
and bigotry.
Kristallnacht,
the night of
broken glass, say
historians, set the
stage for what resulted in
the systematic killing of
millions, among them 6 million Jews
and countless numbers of homosexuals.
On that night, mobs of Germans and
Austrians, under the direction of government
troopers, violently assaulted the Jewish
population of their countries, launching into
a rampage that destroyed hundreds of
synagogues and looting thousands of
Jewish-owned businesses. More than
20,000 Jews were arrested while hundreds
were murdered and burned.
’ While the Jewish community faced this
devastation, police and firefighters watched
and followed orders not to interfere. The
rest of the world's response was just as
silent.
AIDS activists have often referred to
government response to the epidemic in this
country as a holocaust, pointing to how
officials stood by taking virtually no action
while the disease ravaged gay men and
reached virtually every segment of the
population before being forcefully
addressed by Washington.
The holocaust analogy
also surfaces in
discussions of the
all-too-frequent
hate crimes
against gays
and
lesbians.
According
to his
torians, the
lack of a
response by
the rest of the
world in 1938
sent a message to
Hitler that contributed
to the greatest tragedy of
modem times.
The events of the holocaust sometimes
defy belief, say survivors, who stress the
need to remember.
The age-old experience, they remind us,
is that those who don't learn the lessons of
history are destined to repeat them.
-F.G.
from new york
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