The atrocities committed in Europe during World War II are well known accept maybe in Iran where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has claimed the Holocaust never happened.
Regardless of Lame Brain Mahmoud, the Global Directory of Holocaust Museums tells us how widespread this knowledge is. It’s when we forget about history that we tend to repeat it. Simon Wiesenthal said, “Freedom is not a gift from heaven…you must fight for it every day.”
Admitting the truth is the first step toward healing and avoiding similar tragedies again. “There is Chinese proverb which says you should use history as a mirror,” Peng Qian, a former deputy mayor of Shantou, said.
A scene from the Cultural Revolution
The official Communist Party line is that Mao was 70 per cent good and 30 per cent bad… However, the first museum inside China that focuses on the atrocities of the Cultural Revolution proves otherwise. This museum was built near the industrial port city of Shantou in the Guangdong district. Source: Frum Forum, The Independent and the Washington Post.
Considering how secretive China’s collective culture is, this first museum demonstrates how far China has come since Mao’s death in 1976. As China open like a flower, one day there may be a list of Cultural Revolution Museums to equal the Holocaust Museums.
To discover more about China, read Facts about China that will blow your mind.
Lloyd Lofthouse is the author of the award winning novels My Splendid Concubine and Our Hart. He also Blogs at The Soulful Veteran and Crazy Normal.
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