I am the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivor- Trump makes me glad he passed away before this

[Danmel]

My father was a Holocaust survivor. He was a pretty optimistic man all things considered. I am grateful that he is not alive to see this open, dare I say proud,
resurgence of Nazi-ism in the country in which, poor, unable to speak English and traumatized by loss, he sought refuge under the bright beacon of Lady Liberty's torch. And to see a president who foments this hatred.
At least he didn't die fearful for his future and the future of his children and grandchildren.
I hope that we will be as lucky.
I am so heartsick.

[agingdem]

1. I am the daughter of two Jewish holocaust survivors

My mother sewed money and jewelry into drapery hems and bedspreads because my parents were convinced one day there would be what they called an American Hitler and they would use the money and jewelry to "bribe the guards". I used to think they were a little bit paranoid...they weren't.

[dhol82]

2. I am the daughter of two survivors of German slave labor camps.

They were too poor to sew anything into hems.
They would be appalled by what is happening today.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I am ashamed as well. I think about my 2 uncle's buried in Italy who

died fighting Nazis and my grandmother who sent her only sons to battle. I have the purple heart certificates and the Gold Stars she displayed.

I'm thinking of putting that banner up in my window since we're repeating 1944.

[Maeve]

4. My college roommate's parents were survivors of the camps

When I went to a rally Sunday, the sign I carried said "Never Again. Not Here, Not Now, Not EVER" and I told the crowd I carried it for them.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Kick and Rec

[Meowmee]

6. My relatives

who stayed in Eastern Europe were alll murdered by German soldiers and their neighbors at the outbreak of the war- they never made it to camps. Their names are on a holocaust memorial in Canada. My great uncle escaped into the Russian army after his whole town including his wife and 3 year old daughter were bayoneted by German soldiers. He lived the rest of his life in Russia and was not allowed to contact his family until the 1960's and he was never allowed to visit them or them him.

Before that my grandmother and two sisters came to Canada. She told me they were starving, digging potatoes out of the ground and traveling around in a wagon because the Germans took their home in ww1. At some point her father and others who stayed got their house back.

I have always lived with the legacy of that and I always knew how fascist, racist/bigoted a lot people in this country are and I always feared it could happen here too.

[marybourg]

7. This is a truly terrible story.

So many of us have these terrible stories.

[Meowmee]

8. Thanks

Mary- we do and it's a heartbreak we live with. I can hardly believe sometimes that is a part of my history. I can't imagine how my great uncle relatives lived through all of this.

[smirkymonkey]

9. I'm so sorry that you or anyone in your family has to see this. In fact I am sorry that anyone

who had relatives who perished or survived the Holocaust has to see this. It is horrifying to any person with a conscience and a sense of empathy. It must be one hundred more times so for people like you.

But we are not going to be "good Germans". We see very clearly what is going on here and will do everything in our power to resist this and to fight back.

[steve2470]

10. kick and rec! nt

[leftynyc]

11. I don't normally light

Shabbos candles but I'm going to this week....for my family, for your family, for all our families.

[Danmel]

12. Thank you

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