Next Sunday is Holocaust Memorial Day. It will be 74 years since Auschwitz was liberated, hence the 27 January being the date the Holocaust is remembered. Today the remains of six unknown Holocaust victims will be remembered in Bushey New Cemetery.
It was a day that until five years ago was something I was aware of but in some way seemed a little distant, but in 2014 discovered that a great uncle and aunt, two of their children and one of their nephews had died in concentration camps in World War 2. Saddest of all for me was one of the children being moved from Auschwitz to another camp less than a week before the camp was liberated, so having the feeling that he was less than a week from surviving.
His surviving sister and niece kept the memory of the five in the testimony they gave some 20 years ago, and for many other families the testimonies and remembrance I hope means the Holocaust is never forgotten. I also hope we remember others that the Nazi regime persecuted who did not fit into their ideals- Roma, Slavic people, Polish people, homosexuals, disabled people, socialists and many others. That all victims are remembered.
I start this thread so any others on MN can place any thoughts.