We must always bear in mind that the victims of the Nazi regime during World War II were not only 6 million Jews, other groups were also persecuted and killed, including Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, political opponents, the Romani (Gypsies), and the disabled. Therefore, this was not a crime against one people; this was a crime against the human family.
In order to prevent the repetition of crimes against humanity, we must promote in different educational centers an education with values, focused on respect for the dignity of the human being, so that students learn the value of the defense of human rights and become aware of the importance of building paths for the peace of the human family, and measure the consequences of wars and any other discriminatory and belligerent behavior.
We are part of history, and therefore, we must demand that the Holocaust and any other crime against humanity not be repeated. We believe that forgetting the Holocaust is a crime, and not making it known to new generations would make us accomplices of those who perpetrated it and those who currently deny it. The Holocaust is the saddest defeat of free civilization. This crime perpetrated by the Nazi regime is the dark page in the history of Germany; and therefore, of the human race.
For this reason, the example set by Colombia with the Anti-Discrimination Act is truly remarkable and worthy to follow. Meanwhile, in Europe, far-right movements founded on xenophobia and the blaming of certain groups—usually a minority—for the bad economy, are gaining ground in countries such as Greece, Austria, and France.
