In a dream the “year 1944” was spoken to me from a phone call that I answered. A few days later in this reality, I went to help my mother move into her new senior place. A landline phone was being installed with the number ending in 1944. Was this where Hashem was leading me? Confusion set in until I took a short walk around the corner to a shopping center and noted a bookstore “going out of business sign” This got my attention and I went into the store. A book caught my eye on the Holocaust which of course happened in 1944.
This is where Hashem was leading me as I heard the words, “Study the holocaust so you can recognize the signs.” This is imperative, every Jew should study the holocaust, so it does not repeat itself in some fashion. There is so much to examine. It began in 1938, yet even before that the economy was weak and this allowed a new form of leadership to slip into the crack. Promises were made of a more equitable system to provide for the people. Once the Nazi government gained power it began to implement edicts that some approved and others did not. The country became divided by resentment of the wealthy, the haves versus the have-nots and the businesses were taken over by the government. The owners lost their livelihood and the Jews were targeted once again. The systematic slaughter of millions occurred as witnesses stood in shock, paralyzed by fear. This is what happens when societies lose their freedoms.
1944 D-day; The Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. The beginning of the end of World War II. The plan to take over Europe was stopped by the heroic efforts of the soldiers that stepped up to fight. They fought to save humanity for millions of lives were slaughtered and to protect the freedoms of our democratic republic. The Nazi plan was to take over the world with a totalitarian regime. They did not prevail.