For Mr Tom Morrow and others- my work as a Holocaust Educator

[silverfox46]

Originally Posted by dizzymcfarlane

This has been such an interesting post - from the original post describing their job to all the contributions by others. It sounds ‘wrong’ to say it but it’s such a difference to some recent posts which have turned abusive and rude. I’ll say it again - so interesting.

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I personally think it’s been the best post I’ve ever read on here.
Our thanks and admiration to Twin Mummy

[Twin mummy]

Originally Posted by silverfox46

I personally think it’s been the best post I’ve ever read on here.
Our thanks and admiration to Twin Mummy

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Aww, thank you.

[folkie]

Originally Posted by duchy

Fascinating , my family fled the Pogroms in Lithuania in 1900 but we have branches who lost almost everyone to the camps during WW2 .
It’s certainly something that should never be forgotten.

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Mine too - my Grandad came as a very small child with his family from Lithuania, and my Grandma from what is now Belorus. I wish I knew more of their stories but unfortunately my Grandma was very much against my parents getting married as my Mum is not Jewish. That caused a huge rift between my parents and Grandma that they never really got over, so I and my siblings were brought up completely ignorant of the Jewish side of our heritage until I found out accidentally as an adult.
It saddens me that my Grandma couldn’t be more tolerant, but at least in the last few years I’ve been able to meet a few of my Jewish relatives.

[tigerfee]

I can totally understand why it would be so difficult to visit with personal connections, it's hard enough with none.
When I first visited Auschwitz I was quite shocked by some Israeli youngsters who were visiting as they were singing and draped in flags, A Jewish friend saw my discomfort and said, just think about it, they are putting 2 fingers up to Hitler and the Nazis who wanted to wipe them all out. They are showing that the Nazis failed. (Quote)



This stood out to me when I visited too.
It actually made me cry tears of joy!
After seeing all the horror that happened there, to see Jews wrapped in thier flag really struck a chord with me. Filled me with happiness to see, I can understand why they do it. I would do it too.

Sorry, don't know how to quote posts, I just copy and paste

[Twin mummy]

Originally Posted by tigerfee

I can totally understand why it would be so difficult to visit with personal connections, it's hard enough with none.
When I first visited Auschwitz I was quite shocked by some Israeli youngsters who were visiting as they were singing and draped in flags, A Jewish friend saw my discomfort and said, just think about it, they are putting 2 fingers up to Hitler and the Nazis who wanted to wipe them all out. They are showing that the Nazis failed. (Quote)



This stood out to me when I visited too.
It actually made me cry tears of joy!
After seeing all the horror that happened there, to see Jews wrapped in thier flag really struck a chord with me. Filled me with happiness to see, I can understand why they do it. I would do it too.

Sorry, don't know how to quote posts, I just copy and paste

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Totally, it's something that makes me smile now when I see it.

To quote I just press 'quote' under the post I want to quote- next to the like button.

[dismamx2]

Twin Mummy, thank you for posting, it's great to see something like this. What amazing work you do. Also, so many interesting and heart breaking stories from posters.

While I have no personal connection, I do have a very keen interest. We have visited Auschwitz, Birkenau, Schindler's factory, Anne Frank house and the Holocaust museum in Washington DC, it is a deeply moving subject and something that should always be thought and talked about.

You must be very proud of what you do!

[duchy]

Originally Posted by Twin mummy

When I first visited Auschwitz I was quite shocked by some Israeli youngsters who were visiting as they were singing and draped in flags, A Jewish friend saw my discomfort and said, just think about it, they are putting 2 fingers up to Hitler and the Nazis who wanted to wipe them all out. They are showing that the Nazis failed.

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In the 80s I spent time on a kibbutz and worked with elderly ladies who had survived the camps , they are the “granny’s” Israeli youth grew up with , listening to their stories . Makes perfect sense of the “up yours , we endured” attitude.