Why We Can Never Forget the Horrors of WWII by Michael Streich

The Ukraine War is proof that WWII must remain in our collective memories as an atrocity that must never be repeated. It included the horrors of the Holocaust and the mass destruction of many European cities although predominantly German cities. Countless civilians were lost. This great war is not that far in our past. People are still alive who suffered from the events. 

Just as cities in the Ukraine today are being bombed by ever newer weapons of destruction, new administration folks like Tulsi Gabbard is given a high security intelligence position under Donald Trump, the man who promised to end the war in one phone call. "Peace in our time," as Neville Chamberlain once said. Tusi has been called a Russian asset.

It is painfully obvious that the Ukraine will be abandoned and that any so-called peace will involve the ceding of Ukrainian sovereign land to a rapacious Vladimir Putin who thinks of himself as the modern day gatherer of Russian lands. He also has not studied history. Indeed, most Russians do not know their own history by design,

In the early 1990's I was part of a small group of Americans to visit the Kremlin. We were told that we were the first westerners to be allowed into the armory. We saw the crown jewels, Faberge Eggs, other ancient artifacts and the huge boots belonging to Peter the Great. When we asked about the tsars our guide told us that this was part of Russia's history they had not been taught.

History is often rewritten to hide what really happened. But in the course of this, people die: men Women and children. Just look at Gaza.

These people are being starved to death. A new form of Genocide.

And Israel can call upon Old Testament Passages to support the policy. Donald Trump can do the same thing with Mexico. He can invoke 19th century James K Polk who wanted to annex Mexico. It was almost put into the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Problem was, the South opposed it because Mexico did not allow slavery, Also, most Mexicans were Catholic.

I taught both high school level and college level history. The past must not be watered down or worse, slowly forgotten. That is why on every trip with students to Southern Germany, we always stopped at Dachau.

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