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39. When I was in my 20s I worked with older people who either served in WW2 or

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 01:09 PM

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were married to soldiers. It was more than 30 years after the war and it was still on their minds.
My dad told me when I was in high school that the US balked at entering WW2 until Pearl Harbor.
Not something I had learned in history. Thanks to those folks of that era for saving us all. War sucks.

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Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism [View all] Omaha Steve Sunday OP

We have to be reminded, don't we? Aussie105 Sunday #1

First- are you suggesting the Nazi atrocities should be forgotten? sarisataka Sunday #2

Feel better now? JoseBalow Sunday #5

Yes! wolfie001 Sunday #6

Yeah, because shitting on a Kristallnacht anniversary post is definitely "NOT antisemitism." SunSeeker Sunday #11

I guess they think that BN was somehow behind it? Lancero Sunday #14

SunSeeker is right Hieronymus Phact Sunday #15

I did think of that repercussion wolfie001 Sunday #36

Some certainly do! Behind the Aegis Sunday #13

This post is so fkd up JI7 Sunday #18

"Dachau. Why does it still stand? Why do we keep it standing?" sarisataka Sunday #3

always remember Skittles Sunday #4

Always remember. Aussie105 Sunday #26

did I say they did? Skittles Sunday #27

Ironically, "Nuremberg" opened this weekend. COL Mustard Sunday #7

Kristallnacht must have been the sudden realization of German Jews..... 70sEraVet Sunday #8

A horrible, hateful, evil, cruel, disgusting, dehumanizing event that stains human history. So what do we human do? Exp Sunday #9

So should Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Georgia and England remove the CROSS from their flag? SunSeeker Sunday #10

Exactly! So it's NOT about religion! IT IS ABOUT POLICIES! It's wrong to keep playing the victim when the victim is the Exp Sunday #16

If it's not about religion, why say the Star of David should go? What "policy" is that? SunSeeker Sunday #19

Because it's now an oppressive symbol. See text:: Exp Sunday #20

The Star of David is not synonymous with fascism. To argue otherwise is antisemitic. SunSeeker Sunday #22

Source: Exp Sunday #25

I don't care what "source" you found that insane quote in. Equating the Star of David with fascism is antisemitic. SunSeeker Sunday #29

No, Mondoweiss is not a legitimate news source. lapucelle Sunday #30

Antisemitism today is not sarisataka Sunday #12

How can we forget, we are reminded of it daily, replicated. twodogsbarking Sunday #17

Well, considering the rise in Anti-semitism "thanks to" drumphf, and Miller... electric_blue68 Sunday #21

Holy F refers to people who have no problem forgetting. Hard for me to believe. twodogsbarking Sunday #23

Oh! Well, then My Apologies!! I obviously didn't follow your posts correctly! electric_blue68 Sunday #24

I am not always clear especially when I get pissed because people refuse to believe what happened then. twodogsbarking Monday #37

I can understand that. Thank you for your very kind words. electric_blue68 Monday #38

When I was in my 20s I worked with older people who either served in WW2 or twodogsbarking Monday #39

It was such a traumatic expetience. Some soldiers never talked about it, some did. electric_blue68 Monday #40

There is a lot to unpack in the whole situation. Aussie105 Sunday #28

There is no "situation to unpack" on this thread. The OP is in commemoration of the 87th anniversary of Kristallnach lapucelle Sunday #31

What is there to unpack sarisataka Sunday #32

Unless, of course, you want to unpack this... lapucelle Sunday #33

No one is sneering at anything. Aussie105 Sunday #34

Ah, so the unpacking begins when someone works out why they are dismissive of Holocaust commemorations lapucelle Sunday #35