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One of my good friends, she lost most
of her great family in the Holocaust

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when she goes to Auschwitz, she can find most
of her family on the plaques.

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Jewish people, although they went through a hard time,

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they're actually the ones that are ruling the world now,

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so why do we need to remember 
those that were dead?

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I've got a German background, so
I've been taught since I'm a child

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to take this part of history quite seriously,

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and learn from the mistakes of the past.

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I think everyone knows what the Holocaust is
and it's one of those things where

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people don't speak about it, but it's
such an awful thing that happened.

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Jewish people and all the other people that suffered,

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like mixed race people as well were also part of the war.

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There's other things, like Black History Month,
that people don't really recognise.

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There are Holocausts going on right now in the world.

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I mean look at Zimbabwe, look at
what happened in Rwanda.

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That was after the Holocaust and it still went on.

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There are so many other holocausts or genocides
that happen that go unnoticed.

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I think it's more interesting to talk about

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Jewish people still being victims of 
terrorism or prejudice

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 than to talk about the Holocaust.

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Put it into a modern context as well,
sort of bring it forward

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and try and use it as a lesson for now and
the things that are happening now.

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Next generations need to know this stuff
so they don't repeat it.

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You can't sit back and just remember things 
because nothing like that ever happens.

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What the Holocaust means to me is something
that we should take note of and analyse.

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Set boundaries for people, what is right and
what is wrong and gay people rights.

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To build the future, to make it better, not worse.
That's what I believe anyway.