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Tim Farron’s statement for Holocaust Memorial Day: We must be bastions of hope in the tempest of fear”

By | Fri 27th January 2017 - 5:54 pm

Tim Farron has released the following statement for Holocaust Memorial Day:

In the last year, we have seen a rise in the politics of division that is reminiscent of an old and ugly Europe. In this environment, the Liberal Democrats will continue to champion a country that is open, tolerant and united.

This year we remember the survivors, who time and time again demonstrate both dignity and courage as they rebuild and restore their communities from the ruins. We also remember the divisive ideas and practices from the past- so that they may never be repeated ever again.

We must continue to be bastions of hope in the tempest of fear, hatred and division; steadfast in the confidence that the ties that bind us are far stronger than any force that could ever divide or destroy us.

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3 Comments

  • Richard Underhill 27th Jan '17 - 7:42pm

    Politicians should be reluctant to say “never”. How will it be achieved?
    The Holocaust was terrible for Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, communists, and others who were disliked by the Nazi, Fascist and Falange regimes.
    Japan, the other Axis power in China, Indonesia, Burma, etcetera had records in ways which have caused long term hostility.
    Sadly the genocide in Rwanda was not prevented.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi

  • Eddie Sammon 27th Jan '17 - 8:05pm

    I saw Susan Pollack being interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on the Victoria Live show this morning and it was quite an experience. Susan is an Auschwitz survivor and she remembers it lucidly. Read her story, it’s pure horror and wasn’t even that long ago:

    http://hmd.org.uk/resources/stories/susan-pollack

  • Lorenzo Cherin 27th Jan '17 - 11:28pm

    A very fine phrase , really poignant . These things do not get enough interest . We must never forget.

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