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On that particular day, I am always thinking about Korczak and also about Holocaust victims buried in Stockholm. They were 8-10 years old when WWII started and died in Stockholm in 1945-1946. The photograph shows the Holocaust Memorial in Stockholm. 6 stone stabs with the names of death camps where 1.5 million Jewish children were murdered. The granite stabs stand between the graves of Holocaust victims. Some of them were born in 1930. That means as young as 9 years old when WWII started and teenagers when they died in Stockholm. |
Today is the Innocent Children Day (Värnlösa Barnens Dag).
Because of this Day, I wrote (in Swedish) an article on my blog about 14 000 Jewish Infants that were killed by King Herod in Bethlehem and about 1 500 000 innocent Jewish children that were murdered by Nazis during the Holocaust.
On that particular day, I am always thinking about Korczak and also about Holocaust victims buried in Stockholm. They were 8-10 years old when WWII started and died in Stockholm in 1945-1946.
Holocaust Memorial in Stockholm. 6 stone stabs with the names of death camps where 1.5 million Jewish children were murdered. The granite stabs stand between the graves of Holocaust victims. Some of them were born in 1930. That means as young as 9 years old when WWII started and teenagers when they died in Stockholm.
In Sweden, December 28 was earlier called "Menless Children's Day". In 2000, the day changed its name to "Homeless Children's Day" because it was considered that the word "menlös" had acquired too negative a connotation. This is how the Language Council writes: In older Swedish, menlös most likely meant 'innocent' (actually 'without the ability to do anything'), 'without harm or fault', and menlös children were children who had no sins on their conscience. Today, as you know, menlös mainly means 'bland', or 'inoffensive'.
