Eighty years ago today soldiers of 322nd Rifle Division of the Red Army arrived at the gates of Auschwitz and liberated those living in hell.
Battle-hardened Soviet soldiers who were used to seeing death in battle were shocked by the German treatment of prisoners at Auschwitz.
Red Army General Vasily Petrenko, commander of the 107th Infantry Division, remarked, "I who saw people dying every day was shocked by the Nazis' indescribable hatred toward the inmates who had turned into living skeletons. I read about the Nazis' treatment of Jews in various leaflets, but there was nothing about the Nazis' treatment of women, children, and old men. It was in Auschwitz that I found out about the fate of the Jews.”
In February 1943 on the River Volga Marshal Georgy Zhukov assured Stalin that the German Army would be defeated at Stalingrad and after that they would chase the Germans all the way to Berlin. It was on that journey to Berlin they threw open the gates at Auschwitz.
How Elon Musk raised his hand in a Nazi-style salute last week was despicable. Mr Musk addressed the AfD rally in Halle on Saturday. The German people cannot and must not listen to this man.
The link below from the Guardian is worth reading:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/25/the-house-next-door-rudolf-hoss-villa-opens-to-honour-auschwitz-victims?CMP=share_btn_url
2 comments:
From one Dominican to another: Let us offer each other the sign of peace!
What a lovely comment, thank you. It is especially welcome as it comes from a Dominican sister or brother. At first I thought it a pity it is anonymous, but what matter. It burns away and tears shreds off all the nasty stuff. I’m forever saying it’s the little things that count. But as Trump might say, it’s bigly.
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