Tag: Memorial Day

A busy week behind us again, unfortunately with more bad news than good. Even the weather took a worrying turn in many parts of the world. Starting with the hurricane in Oklahoma to all the extreme weather issues across Western Europe these days. Can we blame it on climate change or not? Of course I’ll leave this discussion to those who are experts of the topic while I’ll remain on more familiar grounds. On world affairs: Will We Witness the End of Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights? Recent exchanges of fire between Syria and Israel question the future of a not properly armed…

Further reading on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Holocaust and the United Nations sunnymayhem: 68 years ago Red Army soldiers freed the prisoners of Auschwitz concentration camp. “The premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again.” (Theodor W. Adorno, Education after Auschwitz)