Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, took place on this date in 1938. Jews weren't particularly popular with the moral majority back then...
Memory indeed, lest we forget.Codified within the 1951 Geneva Convention and 1967 Protocol, the principle of non-refoulement arises out of an international collective memory of the failure of nations during World War II to provide safe haven to refugees fleeing certain genocide at the hands of the Nazi regime.
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It's a sobering thought. Thanks for reminding us.
I wonder what the Barnaby Joyces of this world do with their compassion.
The Deserving Poor, of course, Elizabeth! Adorable (white) moppets whose parents measure up to the JOyce's definition of Respectable.
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