ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by @martinschoeller / Holocaust survivor Moshe Ha-Elion was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1925. Moshe and his family were deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. In his words: “If someone says that they want to murder you–believe them. Do not trust that hate-incited events like the Holocaust are a thing of the past. Be ever on your guard. Be alert and be vigilant. Take care that history does not repeat itself.” Today marks 76 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, a camp built to kill people as efficiently as possible. Nearly one million of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis and their allies died here. Jews were not the only target. Any group deemed a threat, or even an inconvenience, was eliminated. Polish and Soviet citizens, prisoners of war, resistance fighters, Roma and Sinti, Jehovah's Witnesses, the physically and mentally disabled, and homosexuals all lost their lives during the 12 years of Nazi rule. As a German, I have never been able to grasp how my nation could mobilize this much hate in the service of mass murder. German Jews were a vital, thoroughly assimilated part of its society for centuries. They felt safe. They felt German. Today I am reminded just how important it is to value and work to preserve democratic society and its core principles. This means maintaining vigilance against the rise of hateful, bigoted rhetoric, supporting a vigorous, truth-seeking free press, and to seek open-minded dialogue with people who have opposing views. The survivors in this series, having endured the most appalling campaign of hatred in modern times, stand in for all the wronged and aggrieved people of the world. And, in their spirit of generosity and warmth, they offer an inspiring testament to the best of what we can be. @martinschoeller photographed at @yadvashem.」1月27日 20時39分