“We owe it to all of us without coming to terms with the horrific crimes of the past, we cannot build a common future. “We have to keep this memory alive, especially as our contemporary witnesses will not be there forever to teach us what happened” Nicola Beer MEP The horrors needed to be remembered as a legacy to the children and grandchildren of the surviving Jews, Roma and other victims. He warned that “The horrific crimes by the Nazis has demonstrated how thin culture can be, and how quickly anti-Semitism and hatred can take hold in an otherwise civilised European society.” Vice-chair of the Parliament’s anti-Semitism working group, Sergey Lagodinsky, wanted the remembrance of the Holocaust to be part of the ‘European DNA’. It is a vivid reminder that the progress of civilisation can also bring terror and an utter decline of culture”. The Polish deputy, added “Auschwitz remains the screaming symbol of man’s potential for inhumanity. Fighting anti-Semitism means defending our roots and our history”.Īnother former Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek said, “Auschwitz is part of Europe’s and the world’s conscience.” The Italian deputy strongly condemned the growing attacks on Europe’s Jewish community, stressing that “Jewish culture is an integral part of our history and our identity. “As a witness to the Holocaust atrocities, it was not by chance that she was selected to be the first president of a directly elected Parliament.” Tajani was inspired by the President of the first fully-elected European Parliament, Simone Veil, who survived the horrors of Auschwitz but lost part of her family. It’s not acceptable that even today, it represents a problem” Antonio Tajani MEP “We must all fight together against antiSemitism. It’s not acceptable that even today it represents a problem.” He said, “The people were victims of their identity, killed because they were Jewish. Yet despite the horrors of what took place, anti-Semitism is once again is a growing problem in Europe. Claire Fernandez: Parliament must act urgently against Islamophobia and anti-Semitismįormer European Parliament president, Antonio Tajani, said the victims of the Holocaust represented a message to future generations ‘Never again’. Antonio Tajani: Anti-Semitism still alive in EU.Anti-Semitism a threat to Europe, Parliament told.EU urged to act on rise in anti-Semitism.Anti-Semitism: A growing problem across Europe.Upsurge in Anti-Semitism in Europe Tandem with rise of Populism.Snyder has estimated that one in six Jews killed in the Holocaust died in Auschwitz. Such was the scale of the horror in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, Yale historian Timothy D. Although most of the victims were Jewish, many hundreds of thousands of ethnic Poles, Roma and Russian POWs were also exterminated. According to Polish historian and scholar Franciszek Piper, over one million people were murdered in the camps. We have a collective responsibility to ensure CUPE workplaces and union structures build and work towards creating safer and more inclusive spaces for all.Monday 27 January 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the liberation, by Soviet soldiers, of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in Poland. Millions of people were murdered throughout the Holocaust, including Jews, Roma, people disabilities, LGBTQ2+, Jehovah’s Witnesses, trade unionists and other political opponents, prisoners of war, and more.Īt a time when ignorance, anger, hatred, and the rise of the alt-right are on the rise, it is all the more important to reflect on these terrible events, and recommit ourselves to building a better world free from hate, white supremacism, racist capitalism, colonial violence, and anti-Semitism.Īs members of Manitoba’s largest public service union, we say “never again”, hate has no place in our union. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place on January 27th in recognition of the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where over 11 million people were systematically murdered. Our union recognizes this important day, and commits to speak out against anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fascism, and hatred in all its forms. Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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