"German Kids Destroy Anti-Nazi Exhibit"

How do we educate the young to understand the significance of the survival of a people?  Surely, there are books and writings which speak of the plight and sheer endurance of a people marked by shame.  What benefit will these writings do; however, if the young are taught prejudice and lies by their mentors?  There must be a more substantial way to teach; to instruct this young generation as to the cost of the adherence to prejudice.

Lives are lost.  Lives are ruined.  Generations are still recovering from one man's assault, and yet, the possibility still arises for another dictator of similar means and hatred amongst the youth of today.  What turns a person to hate a whole people? What causes one to disavow all morality and judicial thought to believe that an entire nation of people are worthless; without value?

Only the mind of the insane performs such madness.  It's not a lack of knowledge; however, this is often the root cause.  An exhibit, marking the Anniversary of Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass, the horrific beginning to the Holocaust, is torn down by students protesting at Humboldt University in Germany.

Do these students know the full scope of their militant actions and what they have brought forth?  They do prove their lack of education, along with their lack of intelligence, morality, humanity and judgment.

Can these students be educated?  Can they be force-fed truth so that they would make intelligent decisions in the future?  Or is it also a matter of the heart, not simply the mind?  For you see, there have been brilliant men who have chosen their own truth and value systems and yet, led a whole people to hell. 

Were they uneducated?  No, they knew the facts, but they sought power over the good of the people.  So, our dilemma is not simply a matter of educating the minds of the youth, but implanting in them a holistic view of mankind and the value of each individual, created by the God of the Heavens and deserving of freedom to live and work, have families and worship as they choose.

Is compassion born of suffering?  Are the needy fed and clothed from the remnants of the dispersed? Pray that the young would know both the sanctity of human life, all life and compassion for the frailty of life.  We may not be able to all teach in schools and universities, but we are all teachers of the young by how we live our lives and treat our fellow man.