“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a series of riots against the Jews in Germany and Austria. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. For the first time, tens of thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps simply because they were Jewish. This event came to be called Kristallnacht (“Night of the Broken Glass”) for the shattered store windowpanes that carpeted German streets.

 

The song Ani Ma’amin was sung by Jews as they rode in the catttle cars to the camps during the Holocaust. The tune was sung by dozens of Jews as they marched to the gas chambers in the Nazi death camps. It is still frequently sung at Holocaust Remembrance Day services. Some also sing it at the Passover Seder, in memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which began on the first night of Passover in 1943. In the face of the most unspeakable horror, there was this majestic affirmation of hope. The words come from a prayer written in the 12th Century by the great Judaic philosopher Maimonides (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, Rambam), who believed, literally, in the coming of the Messiah. The poignancy of people going to their deaths singing his words of affirmation reminds us both that there is nothing new under the sun, and there is nothing more powerful than “perfect faith.”

Ani Ma’amin by Ben Sidran

“I believe with perfect faith in the Messiah’s coming and even if the Messiah is delayed, I will await that coming.”
Remembering the tragedy of Kristallnacht. More information HERE

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist; then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist; then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist; then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew; then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me. ~ Pastor Martin Niemöller

“NEVER AGAIN! NEVER AGAIN TO ANYONE!”

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