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