Thank you for helping me put the Netherlands experience in much better perspective. You are right to remind everyone that they cannot put on blinders to what happened then, or is happening now.
We visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem as well as the Jewish Memorials, Synagogues and Jewish Quarters in Prague and Budapest last year. Then I ended my trip in Berlin with visits to Nazi and Jewish Memorials and Sites. I feel totally devastated. Each year the UN approves more resolutions condemning Israel than the rest of the world combined. This despite the atrocities and mass killings occurring in many other countries. The Hague currenting has hearings condemning Israel.
I can only imagine what the U.S. would have done if we had suffered the atrocities of Oct 7th. Think of our ill-informed actions following 9/11. I am praying for peace and an end to terrorism.
Here are good web-sites if you are interested in more information:
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-losses-during-the-holocaust-by-country
https://earlywarningproject.ushmm.org/reports/countries-at-risk-for-mass-killing-2023-24-early-warning-project-statistical-risk-assessment-results -- warnings of mass killings by country
I am a Christian of Dutch German and Swedish descent. My ancestors immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800's as a result of starvation and religious persecution. This year we are visiting Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium. I ran short of time to visit Denmark, but plan to go soon.
Thanks again.