Let this be a warning to mankind...
It all started that day while I was surfing the net, looking for videos for Kahit Isang Saglit (the drama, hoping to find some episodes) and what I was able to find was a piano version of that song. Then I noticed in the comments that the one who posted that video replied to one of the comments and he complimented the guy for he is a cello player. As I was intrigued, I checked out that guy's profile and watched some of his videos. What caught my attention was his rendition of the Schindler's List theme. Then all the memories came back to me...
Years ago I was intrigued about the whole Auschwitz and Nazi thing because of the column of the late Max Soliven in The Philippine Star. There, he described his experience in going to Auschwitz. I was intrigued. First, why was he so depressed after going there and second what really transpired in that place? Then, it started my search for what Auschwitz was.
Having our own problems back here in our own country during those times ()WWII, we had the Japanese here and there were also so many atrocities done) I wasn't that much interested about the what happened in Europe back then so it was only recently that I had some interest about it.
That idea remained in the closet for a while (for I need to attend to my college studies) until now. What I learned about the Holocaust was that Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's defeat in the first world war that is why all of these policies were made against the Jews. There was the Kristallnacht where all the Jewish properties and other things related to the Jews were vandalized or destroyed, the segragation of the Jews from the different European societies, the deployment of the Ghettos and finally the Final Solution, the Jewish concentration or death camps. Much has been said about these Jewish death camps and probably the most famous of them all was Auschwitz in Poland. It was originally intended for the Soviet POWs (prisoners of war) but then later on was converted to a Jewish concentration camp. All over Europe from Germany to Yugoslavia, Jews were sent here from other prison camps to meet their "final solution". After the war, there were survivors yes. But until this day, there is an eerie and heavy feeling when you go there. I've not been there yet but still the thought of having millions of people killed and burnt for that matter in that place makes you fiiled with a disturbing thought.
That is why in the Auschwitz camp today there is a sign that says "Let this be a warning to mankind of what hatred can do".
Years ago I was intrigued about the whole Auschwitz and Nazi thing because of the column of the late Max Soliven in The Philippine Star. There, he described his experience in going to Auschwitz. I was intrigued. First, why was he so depressed after going there and second what really transpired in that place? Then, it started my search for what Auschwitz was.
Having our own problems back here in our own country during those times ()WWII, we had the Japanese here and there were also so many atrocities done) I wasn't that much interested about the what happened in Europe back then so it was only recently that I had some interest about it.
That idea remained in the closet for a while (for I need to attend to my college studies) until now. What I learned about the Holocaust was that Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's defeat in the first world war that is why all of these policies were made against the Jews. There was the Kristallnacht where all the Jewish properties and other things related to the Jews were vandalized or destroyed, the segragation of the Jews from the different European societies, the deployment of the Ghettos and finally the Final Solution, the Jewish concentration or death camps. Much has been said about these Jewish death camps and probably the most famous of them all was Auschwitz in Poland. It was originally intended for the Soviet POWs (prisoners of war) but then later on was converted to a Jewish concentration camp. All over Europe from Germany to Yugoslavia, Jews were sent here from other prison camps to meet their "final solution". After the war, there were survivors yes. But until this day, there is an eerie and heavy feeling when you go there. I've not been there yet but still the thought of having millions of people killed and burnt for that matter in that place makes you fiiled with a disturbing thought.
That is why in the Auschwitz camp today there is a sign that says "Let this be a warning to mankind of what hatred can do".
posted by Lorie @ 3:55 PM
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