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I’m very fucking Jewish, too. Also not religious. I married the ultimate Mayflower WASP who loved the fact that I could teach him new ways to think.

“Mazel tov” was my husband’s favorite phrase. That’s the world in which we raised our children. That’s the world I refuse to give up.

This is my story. But, what about the story of African Americans, and Latinos, and Muslims? When do we all finally say in unison “Never again”?

THIS is where my beloved, Christian friend, Amanda, went yesterday. She left work early to bear witness. Thank you, my friend. You went there for you, without knowing it was also for me.

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  1. I grew up with the words, “Never Forget”, spoken in our home as a constant reminder. I never will forget.
    P.S.- I too am Jewish and my late husband was Catholic. He prepared the best Seder in the world after he came home from Mass.

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  3. I am not Jewish but NEVER AGAIN applies to my way of life. That includes any race, religion etc. I lived during the Civil Rights era and am daily astounded in the direction the USA is headed. Trump and his cronies must be stopped. I feel nausea on a daily basis at the numbers of people in this country that have increased their lynch mob mentality. Those Who follow Trump down the path to hell on earth hole. I know in my heart there are more who feel like I do than those that make the news because of our ridiculous president. We have to get everyone motivated, 2020 is upon us right soon.

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  5. I was hesitant, whether to comment, but I’ll give it a try. I’m German, for a long time living (but not born) about 20 minutes from Dachau, was born in the early sixties and my birthday is the same as Hitler’s. When I was a kid the old men in my home-village told me that I would have been much appreciated at that time, sharing a birthday, being aryan, blonde with blue eyes. I remember it well, but what that all meant I learned later. My mother told us kids stories about her living during the 2nd WW, and even at her young age, she remembered a lot. I know the German history, but until today I wasn’t able to visit Dachau, and it’s not only me. Friends, colleagues or just people I spoke to had to leave tours bc. they couldn’t endure it. The feelings and grief were too overwhelming. Some described it as freezing. Reading about or really seeing it are two different things. We still have enough of these Nazis and other groups who, as Nancy already mentioned, have increased their lynch mob mentality as well. I love my country, but considering it from all aspects, Germany is not, as so many think, a land of milk and honey.

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    1. 💋💋💋 I have not been to been to Dachau or Auschwitz, or any of the camps. I have been to Yad Vashem in Israel, though. It is not easy. Not for any of us. Not for Jews or Germans or anyone with a soul. Thank you so much for sharing.

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      2. I have watched it and don’t think I can do it again. Same goes for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Sophie’s Choice. Ripped my guts out. Have you guys ever read Night by Elie Wiesel? A definite must read if you have not.

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        1. Read it in college. I’ve never been able to watch those movies a second time either. I STILL have never watched The Killing Fields.

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  6. Never. Ever. Forget.

    After my husband, who was Jewish, passed we, my daughter and I (Catholic) downsized living just down the street from the Holocaust Museum, in Skokie, Illinois. There is a reflection pool and garden on the site where we sit for some time. It is our walking destination, whenever we head out. My daughter, Kara, will refuse to head for any other destination. Kara intuitively knows situational peace and love when in its’ presence.

    (Kara has Down Syndrome. Nazis prepared ahead for mass exterminations with the testing of gasses, poisons, other instruments of death and torture, on the mentally disabled populations in society.)

    FOR YOUR INFORMATION: The city of Skokie in the history of hatred, is significant because of court decision about Nazi right to demonstrate … from Wikpedia:
    “In 1977, Frank Collin, the leader of National Socialist Party of America, announced the party’s intention to march through Skokie, Illinois. Skokie was home to a significant number of Jewish people, many of them survivors of the Holocaust.[5] Originally, the NSPA had planned a political rally in Marquette Park in Chicago; however the Chicago authorities blocked these plans by requiring the NSPA to post a public safety insurance bond and by banning political demonstrations in Marquette Park.

    On behalf of the NSPA, the ACLU challenged the injunction issued by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, that prohibited marchers at the proposed Skokie rally from wearing Nazi uniforms or displaying swastikas. The ACLU was represented by civil rights attorneys David Goldberger[6] (later a professor at Ohio State’s law school[7]) and Burton Joseph.[8][9] The challengers argued that the injunction violated the First Amendment rights of the marchers to express themselves…. Ultimately, the Court’s decision implies that First Amendment protection would not be denied to use of the swastika as a form of “fighting words”. Three of the four dissenters stated their agreement with the majority’s position that First Amendment protections were applicable to the NSPA’s challenge to the Illinois injunction. (Only Justice White did not join that statement.) By requiring the state court to consider the neo-Nazis’ appeal without delay, the U.S. Supreme Court decision opened the door to allowing the National Socialist Party of America to march.

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  7. If u get a chance the Holocaust Museum is one of the most moving experiences I have had .Brings home the point Never Again

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    1. My dh of 37 years is Jewish and I converted to Judaism before we married. Neither of us has been able to bring ourselves to visit the Holocaust Museum although we live in the DC suburbs. We will get there, someday . . . My grand-daughter goes to daycare at a JCC and so I worry, esp after the Tree of Life massacre. When I was 13, and first heard of the Holocaust, I immersed myself reading every book I could find in the library about it. It certainly left a huge impression on me that has never left me now at age 64.

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      1. Glad to have you as part of the tribe.

        I know holocaust museums are hard — very, very, very hard to visit — but I’m going to (Jewish) guilt you into it. As Jews we are obliged to bear witness.

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  10. 3 Words: Tree. of. Life. If you think the sentiments that inspired The Holocaust are not still alive and well – and being encouraged by our current government – you need only to think back; not to 1930’s Germany, but to October 27, 2018, and Pittsburgh, once called “The All-American City.” To the words “Never Again” I would add “Resist”!

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  11. My mum’s grandmother (my great grandma) was Jewish. She married out but kept a mezuzah on the doorframe and had a menorah in the living room.

    My mum inherited the typical Jewish features, being olive skinned, with dark hair and eyes. She was teased unmercifully at school for her large nose and was dubbed ‘Yid’ She was, however, a beautiful woman with a generous soul.

    Had the Nazis invaded Britain I don’t doubt that the maternal side of my family would have been wiped out.

    And all because of man’s misplaced ideas of racial and religious superiority

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  13. I am Fucking Jewish too. Married a catholic who converted so that our
    Family would have one religion. The old adage
    Fits. “He’s more Jewish than you!” Lol. My mother came from Poland on one of the last
    Boats to leave before they were invaded. Her fathers side of the family were wiped out. Her mother’s side lived
    Because they all came here. Trump makes me
    Ill.

    I recently watched a program on hitler and it listed the way he created his cult. He spoke in simple words. He created a crescendo that whipped
    Up the crowd on the end. On and on and on. It
    Was
    Like a
    Playbook for the maca rallies. I wish I knew the name of that documentary. You would
    Be floored to hear the similarities in crowd control
    And manipulation.

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  14. When my husband and I lived in Germany ( hubby in military) we went to Dachau. It was hear breaking. Some of the barracks we still up and the showers/ gassing were open I swear I could smell the ashes in the ovens. Afterwards we watched a film about the camp. Afterwards all you could say is Never Forget

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  15. I’m not Jewish, but don’t think it matters from the perspective of the holocaust and what was/and is being done to that ethnic group. We need to stand strong and united against such terrible crimes against humanity. I will never forget the holocaust nor the ku klux klan era in the USA. ~Pat~

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