Anne Frank would have been 77 today but tragically her life was cut short in a German concentration camp. Through her diaries Anne has inspired many millions of people and even today her story continues to inspire and give hope.
While thinking about this today I once again am dismayed at mans inhumanity to man and find it unbelievable of what can and does happen. Look in any newspaper and it is filled with stabbings, murders, genocide and this is day after day. I recently heard a reference to the hollocaust and it was said that over 11million were killed with approximately 6000000 being Jews. The numbers for this vary quite a bit but this appears to be a standard figure accepted by many. Listening to the numbers the 6 million was just like any other big number that is hard for us to picture or understand.
If we take the death toll of the Twin Towers which is said to be 2752 then the killing of 6 million Jews equates to the Twin Towers happening every day for over 5.5 years. That helps to give us some understanding of the scale of the killing of human beings by other members of the human race. When you look around at the trouble spots in the world we have not learned our lesson and in many countries/areas treat members of he human race as either obstacles or undesirables that need to be eliminated.
I hope that the younger generation will learn from our mistakes and will do more than we have to date to see peace across the world.
On the birthday of Anne Frank we should all take some time to reflect what can we do to make the world a better place and to help others less forunate than ourselves.
Take care and stay safe
