Yom HaShoah is a solemn event. In classrooms, many school children learned this week about the unspeakable horrors that man can do to man. Not in ancient times, but just yesterday. The point of Yom HaShoah taking a moment to remember the six million lost Jews of Europe is not just a history lesson. It is a warning.
Humanity is no different a half-century later.
If we are not constantly vigilant, fighting against injustice wherever it springs up, then the Holocaust can and will happen again. This week, we present the story of Ike and Magda Rosenfeld, Holocaust survivors now living in Wellington. Their stories make both interesting and thought-provoking reading. In 1971, when the Senate last visited campaign finance reform, the assumption was that the legislation produced would shut down any possible avenue for abuse. It helped for a time.