Remember the Holocaust without hate: chief rabbi
Thu Jan 27, 7:52 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) - As the world marks the liberation 60 years ago of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Britain's chief rabbi made a plea to remember the Holocaust and its lessons without hate.
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"Hate destroys the hated, but it destroys the hater even more," Dr. Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, wrote in The Daily Telegraph.
"The lessons of the Holocaust are simple to understand however hard they are to live. Never blame others for your troubles. A society is as large as the space it makes for the stranger. Cherish life. Fight for the rights of others," he wrote.
Commemoration events for the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland began on Wednesday with a prayer service near the former death camp, and were set to continue on Thursday with a ceremony gathering world leaders, as well as some of the camp's survivors and the Soviet soldiers who freed them.
Sacks evoked the memory of some Holocaust survivors who went on to dedicate their lives to helping others, including one who built hospitals to serve both Israelis and Palestinians.
The survivors, he said, were courageous because it "takes courage to survive", and because they had learned to remember their suffering without hate.
"What has consistently struck me has been how they have remembered without hate or desire for revenge. Their message has been simple: don't hate. Know where prejudice leads. Fight intolerance... Love life and be willing to fight for it... Above all, remember, for without memory a civilization travels blind."

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