Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

mia

(8,361 posts)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:18 PM Aug 2017

A thousand words

A woman cleans a Stolperstein, or "stumbling stone," placed in the sidewalk in front of houses where victims of the Holocaust lived before they were deported and killed by the Nazis.
...Often the argument for preserving Confederate statues and allowing Confederate flags is that we should not forget our history. In Germany, Nazi buildings are extremely hard to come by — nearly all have been destroyed. Yet Germany certainly has not forgotten anything: There's just a recognition that remembering and memorializing are two different things.


http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/08/16/543808019/the-view-of-charlottesville-from-berlin?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170816



















13 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
A thousand words (Original Post) mia Aug 2017 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2017 #1
K&R. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2017 #2
Recommended. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #3
Would love to see that happen. mia Aug 2017 #4
I would love to see the neo Nazi polishing them. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #5
Not six million. George II Aug 2017 #8
poignant read Skittles Aug 2017 #6
Makes chills run up and down my spine. Stonepounder Aug 2017 #7
The mother of my Godmother had a tattoo on her arm. As a child, I never knew what it represented. George II Aug 2017 #9
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2017 #10
I can't see the whole plaque, GallopingGhost Aug 2017 #11
Still so sad - but it's good to never forget. raven mad Aug 2017 #12
"Remembering and memorializing are two different things." Duppers Aug 2017 #13

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
3. Recommended.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:24 PM
Aug 2017

Imagine one of these stones for each African slave, and one of these stones for each member of the First Peoples killed by the colonists and Americans.

The path would be enormous.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
7. Makes chills run up and down my spine.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:14 AM
Aug 2017

I'm old enough to remember friends of my parents who would come to visit who had numbers tattooed on their arms in blue ink. For quite a number of years I wished I had never asked my parents about those tattoos.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
11. I can't see the whole plaque,
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:42 AM
Aug 2017

but it looks like Else Luft was eighty-two years old when the Nazis deported her to Theresienstadt. Incredible.

Here lived and worked Erna Herrmann. Born 1898. Deported to Theresienstadt May 18, 1943. Died in Auschwitz.



Duppers

(28,125 posts)
13. "Remembering and memorializing are two different things."
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 06:15 PM
Aug 2017

Must often be repeated.

Thank you for posting this.


Latest Discussions»General Discussion»A thousand words