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It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.

It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase

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This quote emphasizes the lasting impact of the Holocaust and serves as a reminder that it is not simply a distant historical event. By referring to it as something that "happened yesterday," the speaker stresses how close it is on a generational scale. They personally feel the effects as they have never met their grandparents, who were victims of the gas chambers. This quote aims to convey the urgency of remembering and acknowledging the Holocaust, so that its horrors are not forgotten or repeated.

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