I repost the flame for Kristallnacht, as that ran on into November 10th, 1938. It is meant as a warning.
As Heinrich Heine once wrote, Where one burns books, one will end up burning people. Only too true, as this horrendous prophecy became reality in the gas chambers of the death camps of Hitler's Nazi Germany. Have we learned from the past?
No. Hitler was allowed to gain the ascendency through fear and complacency of the leaders of countries like France and England. Fast forward 80 years, and we see Vladimir Putin getting away with it. Remember Abchazia, the northwestern part of Georgia, which Putin occupied in 2008. We have all witnessed the creeping occupation of Ukraine, starting with Crimea in 2014, and now this entrenched war in which he has occupied 20% of Ukrainean territory - and no intention of stopping. Had we stood up to this bully in 2014, if not 2008, he might not have proceeded as far as he has now.
Beware.
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