| Auschwitz was the most notorious of the Nazi | | | | Party derives a source of free labor. The goods |
| labor camps in WWII. There, a man or woman | | | | are exported for profit and consumption around |
| could expect at any moment to be sent to the | | | | the world. Similar to the Nazi camps, these |
| gas chambers, used for medical experiments or | | | | nightmarish dens of horror are a source of |
| given a phenol injection to the heart which would | | | | suffering, torture and death. Why are they |
| cause death in 15 seconds. If lucky, they would | | | | tolerated? Isn't it time that they are dismantled |
| instead be used for exhaustive labor under the | | | | and eliminated?The famous poet Elie Wiesel, |
| most grueling conditions.A selection committee | | | | himself an Auschwitz survivor, had this to say, "I |
| decided who was fit for labor and who would be | | | | swore never to be silent whenever and wherever |
| used for medical experiments or exterminated. | | | | human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We |
| One 'doctor' drew an arbitrary height line of 5 | | | | must always take sides. Neutrality helps the |
| feet 2 inches and any child who was not tall | | | | oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages |
| enough was sent to the gas chambers | | | | the tormentor, never the tormented."Simon |
| immediately.Many were sent to the chambers | | | | Wiesenthal, another labor camp survivor who |
| directly upon arriving at Auschwitz. For that | | | | helped bring many Nazi criminals to justice said |
| reason records do not exist for all of the people | | | | this. "For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It |
| who were killed.Their horrible suffering and the | | | | is not a written law that the next victims must |
| conditions they endured were beyond belief. | | | | be Jews. It can also be other people. We saw it |
| People would tell each other lies just to give hope. | | | | begin in Germany with Jews, but people from |
| "The allies have landed in Greece". The implication | | | | more than twenty other nations were also |
| was that they would be rescued soon. There | | | | murdered. When I started this work, I said to |
| were many other stories concocted to keep one | | | | myself, I will look for the murderers of all the |
| another from utter despair.After Auschwitz was | | | | victims, not only the Jewish victims. I will fight for |
| closed and the inmates released there was a | | | | justice."The Chinese Communist Party is |
| reckoning. The Nazis were hunted down over the | | | | responsible for the use of forced labor camps |
| years and brought to account for their crimes | | | | that house many Chinese citizens today. To do |
| one by one.The time of Nazi Germany has ended. | | | | nothing is to ignore the lessons of the past as well |
| Yet, there exists forced labor camps in China | | | | as the suffering of the present. Isn't it time to |
| today while Holocaust survivors still live. Have we | | | | speak up?Call a Chinese embassy or official and |
| learned nothing from history?The labor camps in | | | | let them know what you think of their forced |
| China, much like the Nazi death camps, are used | | | | labor camps. Tell them to stop the persecution of |
| to harm those whom the Chinese Communist | | | | Falun Gong practitioners. Do not remain silent.David |
| Party does not like. They are also used to | | | | Snape writes for All Things Pondered: - where |
| attempt to break the will and spirit of those who | | | | you can have your say and (almost) anything is |
| practice the peaceful meditation practice of Falun | | | | pondered. He also writes for To Be Informed: - a |
| Gong.From these camps the Chinese Communist | | | | site supportive of health, fitness and wellness. |