The Consequences of Ignoring History

For a Holocaust survivor to feel compelled to show up in front of students who participated in the depictable act of celebrating the swastika and the Hitler salute; I can only imagine the sadness and anger not only Holocaust survivors, but the whole Jewish community must have felt. The Holocaust survivor who paid a visit to these irresponsible students is Anne Frank's 89 years old step sister Eva Schloss who hid with Anne in the same apartment block during World War II. Mrs. Schloss, who went in person to lecture these young people on what the Holocaust was all about,  found out that most of these students had only a slight idea of that sad reality.

Apparently, schools are not emphasizing enough the evilness that triggered World War II, and parents aren't doing enough either to teach compassion and respect to their children toward unfortunate events.

Hopefully, Mrs. Schloss intervention will awake society about the importance of teaching properly the cruelty involved in one of the darkest episodes of human history.

Celebrating hate is not only wrong but is also evil and a disgusting message to society.

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