In the UK we have been celebrating VE (Victory in
Europe) Day. People in London had a terrible time with the bombing.
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After Victory in Europe the Second World War continued in the Pacific - my father
was there as a young teenager, manning guns in a warship, fighting the Japanese.
Of course, many people my parents knew were killed and my father was only saying
this week how amazing it is that he survived.
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The big question is could such a War and the Holocaust happen again.
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Writing World InfoZone I have come across few countries which are not responsible
for terrible things at one time in their history.
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The problem is that ruthless men tend to become leaders. In all countries there
are people who do not like another group for one reason or another. I can think
of terrible things happening now but they continue, even if some of us protest.
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Hitler, did things on a grand scale; today Germans try to come to terms with
their past.
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In 2001 the Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind’Äôs Jewish Museum was opened in Berlin,
Hitler's capital:
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’ÄúThe building, covered with metal (reflecting light)
resembles a zigzag; the floor plan similar to a Star of David worn by
Jews during the Nazi regime. Features in the building include sloping
floors and a windowless "Holocaust Tower".
The lines of the windows resemble wounds, theatrical splits in the building's
skin from which daylight spills; symbols of the atrocities the museum seeks
to document.’Äù (World InfoZone, Germany - Architecture) |