"Those who have perished have been silenced forever. Those who witnessed and survived the horrors carry with them the burden of memory.
Through their voices, we seek to comprehend the acts of inhumanity that can stem from the seeds of prejudice."
"To remember their suffering is to recognize the danger and evil that are possible whenever one group persecutes another. As you walk this Freedom Trail pause here to reflect on the consequences of a world in which there is no freedom -- a world in which basic human rights are not protected. And know that wherever prejudice, discrimination and victimization are tolerated, evil like the Holocaust can happen again."
A beautiful excerpt from the Holocaust Memorial in Boston, where the stories of several survivors are displayed on the inside of glass chambers engraved with the millions of serial numbers tattooed on the Jewish people. A truly remarkable structure with a tragic message as a reminder to all of us that if we do not remember our past, we are bound to repeat it.
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