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Steve Cohen: “Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day; remembrance of the horrors of 6 million Jews being killed in Nazi Germany, and…”

On the recordApril 12, 2018
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day; remembrance of the horrors of 6 million Jews being killed in Nazi Germany, and others being killed as well: homosexuals, Communists, and other minorities that were objectionable, like Gypsies. In recent polls, it shows millennials, over a third, don't realize what Auschwitz was, or that the Holocaust occurred. On this day, Yom HaShoah, we need to remind the world of what horrendous events occurred on this planet just 75 years ago. Never again. Never again. Elie Wiesel said: ``We may not be able to defeat injustice, but we should always protest it.'' ____________________
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Apr 12, 2018

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