![]() A journey through time – “Better by bike than by train.”.Venue: The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA. The ceremony will take place between 7 and 8.30 pm on Thursday, 26th January 2017. Many sacrificed their lives and through referring back to George Santayana, if we remember them, it is preventing it from happening again.įor those close to the city of Hull, please come along to the civic service marking this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day. Holocaust Memorial Day is an important day in remembering the victims but we should remember them every day. The Holocaust and all genocide victims can be remembered in many ways. Stones are messages about remembrance of the Victims. Through young people implementing peace into their lives and remembrance of those that wanted peace but were wrongly taken from the world, it can inspire many others. Discovering victim stories can bring young people a sense of determination to make their experience significant in many ways. Yes it is important that everyone remembers the horrific event that took place and remember those who risked their life to stop it and were victims of it, but through young people, the next generation of teachers, lawyers and politicians, they can make the difference of preventing it happening again. All of these people have the right to be remembered and when thinking about the Holocaust it should not be remembered solely as a Jewish genocide. People from Poland that weren’t Jewish, prisoners of war, Lithuanians, disabled people, homosexuals and the list continues. This is extremely important to remember but it is vital to remember that other nationalities were victims too. It is stated that 6 million Jewish men, women and children were killed in the Holocaust. This was a forced change on everyone’s life. They did what it took to survive for their families but they can still be regarded as victims of what occurred. It is common to think that all those who remained living at home were supporters of the Nazi regime but many were not. Life in Germany changed drastically very quickly, people had to adapt their lifestyles in order to survive. It is very important that we remember the victims not only in labour camps or concentration camps but also, those in Ghettos or public. Carriage people were transported to Auschwitz on. They are available in the form of books, interviews on YouTube, blog posts on memorial websites and many other ways. Young people can get access to testimonies very easily. When they mention their feelings at the time and description of their surroundings, as hard as it is to think about that, it allows you to understand the fear of the unknown that the victims went through. Learning about it in schools can be hard but listening to someone’s experience is what brings the emotional side of remembering the victims. Testimonies from survivors are an important way of educating young people about the Holocaust. It has now been converted into a memorial of the victims with their family photos that they took with them not knowing what was about to happen. It was where all belongings were sent to, divided up and stored. It was named that by the prisoners at the time. At Birkenau, there is a section that was known as Camp Canada. Seeing the cart millions of people arrived in at Birkenau was overwhelming. I will never forget what I saw and experienced there. I visited Auschwitz I and Auschwitz Birkenau as well as, attended the 70 th anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen Belsen in Germany. Many are unknown to records or the public, but they are known by someone. The victims of the genocide should always be remembered. Young people are the next generation, the more they know and learn, the more they can do to prevent it ever happening again. George Santayana the Philosopher famously wrote: “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This is a key reason as to why people, especially young people should remember the victims of the Holocaust. ‘Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it’. Evelyn is a Second Year undergraduate Historian at the University of Hull where she is learning about the Holocaust and other human rights abuses as part of her studies. The following Remember Me blog was written by guest-blogger Evelyn Rose.
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