On Holocaust Memorial Day

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27 January 2015 at 11:11  

First snowdrop's up

27 January 2015 at 23:20  

Ferretfingers is obsessed by the rolling subtitles on news programmes so insists on having the BBC News channel on (usually with the sound off).   

Today was not a good day as the BBC seemed obsessed with commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz (and yes I know how historically important it is).

It was a bit of a chaotic teatime what with Will Fixit putting up more delft racks and Fester yelling from the kitchen for Ferretfingers to come and fetch his tea.   

Even so it was startling to say the least to have him ignore his burgers and sit howling in tears at the table.   

When I finally got him calmed down enough to speak all he would say, or rather wail while wiping his eyes on his sleeve, was "Auschwitz people".

This is particularly poignant to me because the Nazis would have considered my Ferretfingers as an untermensch and taken him away to God only knows what form of destruction.   

Before the Jews and Gypsies and all the others, they murdered mentally, physically and learning disabled German people and children to purify the Aryan race of weak stock.

Let no one tell you autistic people don't have empathy.

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it isn't there.

FifiD  It's devastating to watch even now.  We all feel it.  I hope Ferretfingers is calm now.  Lots of love xx

Mrs Lasagne  Aw Ben your boys are unique and wonderful xxx

Ms JS  So agree with your empathy observation.  Once asked my son if he had one wish what it would be, he said he would make all people with depression better.  At the time his friend was going through a really bad time with several bereavements, which he knew about but had never spoken of.  So touching to hear that about Ferretfingers x