A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Re-Thinking War in the Baltic Sea – GIDS
However, the ultimate threat in the Baltic Sea region remains the potential culmination and escalation of grey zone and hybrid activities towards conventional armed conflict. In other words, next to current challenges one must consider naval warfare in the Baltic Sea:
gids-hamburg.de/re-thinking-...
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Threats to critical infrastructure, grey zone aggression and #NATO #BalticSentry response are currently dominating headlines regarding the #BalticSea. As I stated for years, the Baltic Sea is hardly anyone's "lake".
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Worth a read, and a thought:
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Congrats!!
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