Lent is a time for learning lessons, and some lessons should never be forgotten. It seems that just when we need to remember some of the never-to-be-forgotten lessons, they are given to us in ways we have never seen before. Thus, today I was sent a link to the Auschwitz Album, and as I took the 10 minutes required to view the on-line presentation, memories of the visit to that place last year came flooding back.
There is not much there to remind visitors about the atrocities that took place. No doubt that's the intention, and yet, there is no way to deny that the suffering that took place there, and that still continues today, is something that should never be forgotten. Sometimes it takes exact opposites to reinforce the hope of a lesson that holds deep meaning. If this is true, then Auschwitz and the other death camps should always teach us to cherish the gift of life.
There is not much there to remind visitors about the atrocities that took place. No doubt that's the intention, and yet, there is no way to deny that the suffering that took place there, and that still continues today, is something that should never be forgotten. Sometimes it takes exact opposites to reinforce the hope of a lesson that holds deep meaning. If this is true, then Auschwitz and the other death camps should always teach us to cherish the gift of life.
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