Over seven decades later, Jews in Europe facing same dangers
A procession marking 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, on January 27, 2015. Jews say there is a fresh wave of anti-Semitism. PHOTO | AFP
It’s over seven decades since the end of WWII, when an unimaginable orgy of murder was perpetrated by Germany on Jews, leaving six million of them dead. Known as the Holocaust, this was a concerted attempt to erase Jews from the face of the Earth.
After being expelled from Israel, by the Romans in 70 AD, almost all Jews left their homeland and were dispersed throughout the Mediterranean basin, with most of them finally settling across Europe. Some even found safety in Ethiopia.
