Imagine talking about the transatlantic slave trade and not saying the word African. Or discussing the genocidal slaughter in Rwanda without saying ‘the Tutsis;. It would be unthinkable, right? Impossible, in fact. How could you talk about such grave crimes without mentioning the victims, without making at least a passing reference to those whose liberty and lives were ravaged in the barbarism?
I worry that we are only half-remembering the Holocaust
Well, quite a few people managed it yesterday. They talked about the Holocaust without naming its victims. They talked about this ‘sacrifice by fire’ – to give Holocaust its literal translation – without saying who it was that was burnt to death. They lamented the greatest crime in history but neglected to name the ethnic group that was almost destroyed by it.
At times I could hardly believe my ears. Good Morning Britain got the ball rolling on this vile new fashion for omitting the Jews from the Holocaust.
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