Day of Holocaust Remembrance 2019

The population of Los Angeles and Houston - every human being in those two cities - add up to less than 6 million people. Imagine if both of those cities were suddenly swallowed up and each person was killed?

Forgotten?

The world swore remembrance and swore against intolerance which can lead to genocide. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, the United Nations initiated “The Genocide Convention,” defining genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.” Somewhere along the line, the flame of vigilance against genocide was extinguished. The fire upon the “Yahrzeit Candle” which commemorates the memory of the dead, became unlit. Somewhere the promises were broken and the voices were silenced.

Infinite Loss

It was not just six million - an infinite amount of lives will never fight for equality, cure the sick, feed the poor or create agriculture in a barren land. So, no, I will repeat it here. It was not just six million who perished - nor the lived they would have birthed. Think about the contributions that could have saved lives, stopped suffering and added light and understanding into a dark ignorant world.