Cut down, burned.
But following the conflagration, all around, tiny green pine saplings push their way out through the ash and grow toward the sun.
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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
It is also International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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More posts about the Shoah can be found here.
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A very effective analogy, and a poignant way to mark the day.
ReplyDeleteA simple but significant picture!
ReplyDeleteYes we remember here in Germany too.
ReplyDeleteShalom.Marietta
Such a sad anniversary! Let's all learn from past mistakes and atrocities and live in the present being good to one another. We are all so blessed to be alive!
ReplyDeleteAa! Nice symbolic picture! This is an important day - we must never forget!
ReplyDeleteAn effective photo for the day ... a sign of hope.
ReplyDeleteSuch good comments from everyone. There were programs about the anniversary on the radio here today.
ReplyDeleteA thoughtful reflection Dina.
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe it happened. I've always been afraid that something like the Holocaust will happen again and it doesn't bear thinking about.
ReplyDeleteMay it never happen again!
ReplyDeleteNature's kinder than humankind.
ReplyDeleteI took a friend to the doctor today. Her family had to flee Croatia, via Italy, and then over the mountains into Switzerland, where they were lucky enough to be allowed to stay throughout the war years.
It's good to know that out of such evil, hope can still come alive again.
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