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Tomorrow is the holocaust memorial day. In Israel, the holocaust Memorial Day use to be very important day. However the effect of the holocaust was all around and it shaped our world view in many ways. Growing up we had many question, most of them remain unanswered. How come one of the most cultural nations, with so many achievements, could have carried such murder? How could it continue for so long?

But the most disturbing question is, are we different? Would we, with the knowledge of what happened in Europe 61 year ago, behave differently?  Unlike our grandparents generation we cannot claim that we don’t know, because we do. Unlike our grandparent generation we cannot say that we couldn’t realize what is happening, we can.

The only question is do we care?

My grandparents escape Poland in the last minute, taking advantage on the border changes during the short honey moon between Hitler and Stalin. But their entire family was murdered. My grandparent use to tell me about them, reminding me that I had a big family.  In their name and honoring their memory I cannot afford myself not to care.

I cannot understand how the French can sit across the border from Sudan, in Chad, and do nothing. I cannot understand the American administration wasting time in diplomacy games while thousands of people being murder. And I cannot understand Israel not being loud, reminding to the world that the genocides are still common event.