Deirdre Geraghty

It’s the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I stayed up to watch a programme called ‘Shoah: First Era’ part 1 of 2 which was shown on BBC 4 last night. It was a very long programme and I dozed off a few times but I saw the most of it. The interviewer spoke to so many witnesses – people who were there – Jews and non Jews. I was pretty shocked by the fact that the onlookers, who did speak of fear, but were so matter of fact about the trains full of Jews going to their deaths. Shocking! We must never forget!