Proudly Bearing Elders’ Scars, Their Skin Says ‘Never Forget’

[homasse]

Proudly Bearing Elders’ Scars, Their Skin Says ‘Never Forget’

When Eli Sagir showed her grandfather, Yosef Diamant, the new tattoo on her left forearm, he bent his head to kiss it.

Mr. Diamant had the same tattoo, the number 157622, permanently inked on his own arm by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Nearly 70 years later, Ms. Sagir got hers at a hip

Comments

[yeats]

i'm not jewish, so i don't think my opinions matter on the specific issue being discussed

[fuck_of_nature]

That comment kind of bugged me, because I know that young people in America are woefully undereducated about the Holocaust and other genocides, most students do know what it is, at least that it was something that happened during WWII in Germany to the Jews.

What I found really strange, though, was that, if I read correctly, this girl lives in Israel, and I find it really hard to believe that Israeli youth is that uneducated about their history, since the Holocaust is basically how Israel became a state and particularly the kind of state it is now. If it's true, I find that incredibly sad.

[yeats]

if you're talking about the comment from eli sagir, i think she's expressing the idea that people her age don't realize how recent the holocaust was.... it's receded to the realm of ancient history for them and they don't feel any particular connection with it.

[jetgirl78]

Cool story, bro time

[carmy_w]

That was one fantastic teacher you had!

And by doing so, your teacher successfully inoculated ALL of you against the possibility of getting surprised by the chain of events that led to that atrocity. You (or any of us) may not be able to stop it from happening, but you will not be taken by surprise, as it seems to me that the German people were.

Personally, I don't really think this could happen in the US short of a military coup that set aside the constitution, but one never knows....

[jetgirl78]

That was one fantastic teacher you had!

He was. He did this independently with school approval, of course, but this wasn't something that was laid out in any lesson plan and to my knowledge, his class the only class at the middle school where this was taught. The older I get, the more I realize how lucky I was to be in his class.

[schexyschteve]

We were taught the Holocaust this way (It was part of our curriculum). We took a field trip to a local Holocaust museum, and even got to listen to a survivor speak. It was very powerful.

[thepuddingcook]

I took a mini course with Raul Hilberg in which he lectured on the bureaucratic decision making that led to the Final Solution. Definitely taught me about the straight up banality of evil.

[4eyedblonde]

Your teacher is awesome. I feel like so many teachers teach about the Holocaust like it basically happened in a vacuum. But there were SO many events leading up to it that are vital to understanding the Holocaust and how such a horrific part in history could have been carried out.