Be the Light in the Darkness
Settle Quakers are marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 with a virtual event starting at 7pm. More details here.
Reflections for Holocaust Memorial Day
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 Niemoller
First they came for the Communists…
…and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist
Then they came for homosexuals…
…. and I did not speak out because I was not homosexual
Then they came for the Jews…
A train load of Jewish prisoners being segregated at Auschwitz, into those to be murdered immediately and those to be exploited first as forced labour.
…and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew
But some did speak out for the Jewish people
Kindertransport girls passing through customs
On 25 November, after discussion in the House of Commons, British citizens heard an appeal for foster homes on the BBC Home Service. Soon there were 500 offers. Muriel Roberts, in Grantham, was contacted by her pen-friend Edith Mühlbauer from Vienna and the Roberts family, with the help of local Rotarians, raised the money and hosted Edith. Later Muriel’s younger sister Margaret (by then Thatcher) wrote, “When people ask, “What can one person do?” … Never hesitate to do whatever you can, for you may save a life.”
Some more information about the Kindertransport:
Wikipedia
Quakers in Britain
