Auschwitz 75th anniversary exposes hatred and intolerance in the human heart as Prince Charles speaks out – The Yorkshire Post says
For, as most of the world unites to remember the Holocaust’s scar on humanity, tensions in the Middle East are still profound while lingering anti-Semitism continues to contaminate political discourse here.
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Hide AdAnd, as the Prince of Wales used his official speech to warn that “hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart”, his comments about “verbal violence” were profound.
He said: “Knowing, as we do, the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence. And we must never rest in seeking to create mutual understanding and respect.” The shame is that this still has to be restated 75 years after Auschwitz.