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shaayecanaan

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6. The photo of the two little boys

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 03:48 AM

Apr 2014

is particularly affecting. They have a haggard expression unbecoming for those so young.

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In just a few short years, two out of every three European Jews would be gone. [View all] Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 OP

I agree, never again and never forget. MADem Apr 2014 #1

Thank you for this tribute to the Jewish people who Cha Apr 2014 #2

It was not only Jewish people who were victims. Jenoch Apr 2014 #3

No one claimed they were. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #4

Let us never forget. I want to remember all of them and for my family especially the disabled. This jwirr Apr 2014 #19

. . . LuckyLib Apr 2014 #5

The photo of the two little boys shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #6

Imagine the tears that drop from the eyes of whoever had to sew a star on those little sweaters. merrily Apr 2014 #9

I agree. I hadn't seen that photo before... Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #16

*** Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #7

... RainDog Apr 2014 #8

The numbers are JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #10

My bubbe emigrated to the U.S. before WW1, but the rest of the family remained in Poland. ColesCountyDem Apr 2014 #11

My grandparents came from Romania about the same time... Hepburn Apr 2014 #18

Thank you for this. The reminder of the present is as important as merrily Apr 2014 #12

Horrible, mans inhumanity!! newfie11 Apr 2014 #13

... NuclearDem Apr 2014 #14

Kick! Heidi Apr 2014 #15

Romanian Jew here Hepburn Apr 2014 #17

And yes, we have people who deny this nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #20

Sadly, that is vey true. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #22

No they are not, they are as fringe as they come nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #23

I know they are fringe, but they are promoted as "historians." Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #24

But REAL historians do not take that cannard nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #25

Of course, REAL ones don't promote it, that was MY point. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #26

I know what they are doing nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #27

Deciding who is a 'real' German, Russian, American, etc based on race, ethnicity, religion, language pampango Apr 2014 #21

Hard to believe moondust Apr 2014 #28

When you say "gone" ... surrealAmerican Apr 2014 #29

dead Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #31

My uncle was part of the Warsaw resistance The Blue Flower Apr 2014 #30

So very sorry for your loss BtA. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #32

Thanks for posting this. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2014 #33