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The Brew: Remembering the Liberation of Auschwitz, by Al Perrotta – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Al Perrotta, The Stream, January 28, 2025

Al Perrotta is The Stream’s Washington Bureau chief. He is also the creator of the soon-to-bloom Substack channel Bananas Republic.

…But first, a remembrance.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: 80^th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp

Yesterday marked the 80^th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Between 1940 and 1945, an estimated 1.1 million people were murdered there — predominantly Jews, but also Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, and others. At the time of rescue, soldiers found only 7,000 emaciated prisoners alive. It’s a sickening scene now seared into the minds of all people of conscience.

Recently, 94-year-old Holocaust survivor Jona Saks made the journey to Auschwitz, where she spent one brutal year as a young girl.

“It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” she told CNN about returning. “But it’s necessary. It’s necessary for the world to know.” …

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