2. "Never Again" refers specifically to the Jewish Holocaust
the german people, under the leadership of hitler, made it a specific goal to annihilate the entire jewish population of europe for the sole reason of "race." there was nothing that jews could do to escape their fate. children were raped, tortured and murdered at all ages. the reason given by ss members was that if children were allowed to live, they would grow up to be enemies of the german nation and defile that nation. the hatred and maniacal fanaticism of the germans was so enormous that they murdered entire non-jewish families if one of them dared hid a jew. hence, the holocaust was a genocide of a very special type which we pray will never be repeated.
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