Last Thursday, January 29, the War Heritage Institute flew out more than 100 young people to the Nazi concentration and extermination camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Supported by the Ministry of Defence and Minister of Defence Theo Francken, the remembrance trip aimed to raise awareness among young people of the horrors that took place there.
ARTICLE IN FRENCH:
« Un choc », « Les larmes aux yeux » : plus de 100 élèves belges visitent le camp d’Auschwitz-Birkenau en compagnie de Theo Francken – RTL Info
ARTICLE IN DUTCH:
Met jongeren naar Auschwitz: “Hier slaat de ‘reality’ je recht in het gezicht” | De Standaard
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I don’t know what’s more insane: That this happened or that we seemingly haven’t learned a thing from it.
We need more u/WarHeritageInstitute posts.
>Supported by the Ministry of Defence and Minister of Defence Theo Francken, the remembrance trip aimed to raise awareness among young people of the horrors that took place there.
Oh good! Nothing says *‘never again’* like a remembrance trip sponsored by a defence minister who tries excusing a genocide in real time. Auschwitz as a branding exercise: solemn photos, moral posturing, zero reflection. Apparently the lesson for ‘young people’ is that genocide is horrific – unless it’s happening now, to the wrong people, with the right allies. History as a backdrop, conscience as an optional extra.