by Eze Eluchie
As the world
commemorates the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz
death camp, one cannot but recognize the important role of memorialization and
remembrances in keeping at bay the likelihood of a repeat of acts of mass
atrocities and crimes against humanity.
The memory
of the lives of the millions of Jews whose lives were put to a gory end by Nazi
Germany forces continues to reverberate and speak their anguish and sufferings
to mankind as a result of the efforts made to keep their voices and pain alive.
Unfortunately
for humanity, despite the loud voices and sufferings emanating from Auschwitz, 70
years on, religious and national extremism in various parts of the world, make
it glaring that we, mankind, have not sufficiently learnt from the past, stoking the possibility of repeats of
Auschwitz across the world.
From
carefully crafted and well executed acts of genocidal ethnic cleansing against
so-called minority ethnic groups in Nigeria’s Middle-Belt region, to the targeting
of Jews in France; from the rise of extremist right-wing political parties
across Europe to palpable racism in the United States; from vicious Islamist jihadist
whose prime motive is mass murder and shocking all with their bestiality to increased
warmongering amongst erstwhile arch-enemies in the Far-east; increase in widespread
hatred against identifiable peoples, which gives rise to genocides and other
mass atrocities, continues to rise exponentially giving notice to all who care
to know, that sooner rather than later, an explosion will occur; that an
Auschwitz will be repeated.
At whatsoever
costs, we must all ensure Never Again!
Picture: Corpses
of some of the over 1.5 million Jews murdered in Auschwitz in the background.
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