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When the Shoah, or Holocaust comes up in conversation, some are ghoulishly interested, and others believe that it is a historical event that is best forgotten. Few assess whether or not the same massive attempt of Genocide against the Jews and other non-Aryan groups could occur again. Some feel we have learned our lesson and that we would never return on that path. Others, viewing history and contemporary European and World Politics, are quite certain that the events could begin, once again to unfold in even broader proportions if that were possible.

Estimates of deaths in World War 2, including holocaust victims, 'euthanasia' victims, political/ religious prisoners and war dead run as high as 65 million persons within a 4 year span. And yet 58 years after the end of that great and terrible war, we have resumed life as though it had not happened: quick to condemn anti-Semitism, but passively watching it grow worldwide. As arms build and Europe unifies, we take little note of the spread of Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel sentiment and action which progresses even in our own nation. The first step towards avoiding the build of Anti-Semitism and other forms of national Racism is to understand it and take note that it is going on. The second step is to refuse personally to take part in it; accompanied by personal action in the form of voting, lobbying, letters, and so on. A Final Step is to peacefully but actively oppose all attempts to limit Civil Liberties based solely on race, color or Creed. The effort that is holding back new tides of anti-Semitism is the current willingness of European Governments to enact Laws outlawing all forms of racial hatred and crimes, and to conduct ongoing Education programs informing a new Generation who has not seen and felt a World War of the eternal consequences of failing to learn tolerance. EB.

"Commit a Sin twice, and it will not seem like a Crime"