Pic of the day. Tuesday, January 27th

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1. Holocaust Memorial Day – 27th January

   The images almost seem to fit with the fact that today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Lest we forget, Martin Niemoller’s words just about say it all:

   First They Came – Pastor Martin Niemoller [1946]

   First they came for the Communists
   And I did not speak out
   Because I was not a Communist
   Then they came for the Socialists
   And I did not speak out
   Because I was not a Socialist
   Then they came for the trade unionists
   And I did not speak out
   Because I was not a trade unionist
   Then they came for the Jews
   And I did not speak out
   Because I was not a Jew
   Then they came for me
   And there was no one left
   To speak out for me.

   Some of us may have more reason than others to mark this day but none of us should forget what it commemorates, in this increasingly volatile world where many of the old certainties are being ‘challenged’ – to say the least.

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