(Him: Charlie)
I never really understood why Quebec has “Je me souviens” as the province’s motto, until today. At Auschwitz, “Je me souviens” is the reason why this camp still exists and is being preserved. Built by the Nazi Germany, Auschwitz was the world’s largest concentration and extermination camp, in which over 1 million people perished during WWII.
The visit to Auschwitz was intense and depressing. Not only the museum shows prisoner’s inhumane living and working environment, it also displayed mountains of victim’s suitcases, shoes and even hair. No words can describe how terrible the crime was committed by Nazi Germany. When the evidence is right here in front of you, the impact of the war becomes so real, and you would realize that nothing is worth destroying lives.
I have a proposition, maybe the next UN Security Council meeting should be held at Auschwitz, and invitation should specifically be extended to people such as Bashar al-Assad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Benjamin Netanyahu. I bet these people have sat in their office for so long that they forget the cruelty of wars!
We shall remember that WWII started only because one group thought they were better than others.
"The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again" – George Santayana.
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