Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Work Makes You Free Section correspondent was counting toothpicks in a Chinese restaurant when he read, Czech Republic Criticized After Officers Mark Migrants With Numbers. It’s true.
The Hungarians used Sharpies to number the immigrants, they say so they could keep track of them. It’s true almost by definition these are paperless people, undocumented.
Marquel wondered if they had just made up names for each of them, then recorded the names, whether that could have avoided the claims of, “It’s just like Auschwitz!” Now just a minute, thought Marquel, it’s not just like Auschwitz.
There are no Ukrainian guards. You can’t have a concentration camp without Ukrainian guards. Well a few Poles could produce a second class kind of camp. But not an Auschwitz.
“Tell me about it. It’s inhuman!” Said the rather young man complaining about Hungarian Nazis.
” Of course. Anybody with an ounce of humanity would know that.” He said, rather aggressively.
“Not at all. It’s the number that was most feared. It terrorized the Jews.” he insisted.
“It was the number. Are you making excuses for the Hungarians?” he asked.
“Exactly. And then to put numbers on them…” Said the teen.
“Of course. I Wikipediad it. Read the whole entry.” He said.
“How could anyone with a heart not?” He asked.
“If you forget the numbers, history will repeat itself.” He said in a very low voice.
“Who?” He asked.
Always on hitting the nail on the head
My God, Marquel, you are good, controversial, and funny.
You are great, Bro!
Excellent points.
Loved it.