Often Overlooked

I’ve been asked why I regularly write about: the Disabled, the Holocaust, the Military, Ukraine, Veterans and Animals.

I believe in keeping awareness up on those that otherwise would be forgotten.

The Disabled have always been kept hidden away from Society. From the 1800s-1974 there were “Ugly Laws” around the United States and around the World. People didn’t want to see anyone not like them and so they were kept in horrible conditions in basements and Institutions where they were abused.

Not only were the Disabled hidden away, but they were Forcibly Sterilized in Canada (from 1803-1982), in China (from 1978-Present), in Czechoslovakia (from 1973-1989), in Denmark (from 1936-1976), in Nazi Germany (from 1933-1945), in East Germany (from 1945-1990), in Japan (from 1907-1996), in Peru (from the 1920s-1998), in Sweden (from 1934-1976) and in the United States (from 1883-1978.)

Nazi Germany also murdered the Disabled by Gas or Lethal Injunction. 300,000 Disabled People were murdered between 1939 and 1945 in the Aktion T4 Program.

Even today, the Disabled seem to be protected by Local, Regional and Federal Laws, but in reality the Disabled continue to be kept as Second-Class Citizens (they are allowed to be paid below Minimum Wage in many Places for the same work that the Non-Disabled do.)

Ordinary People tend to keep away from the Disabled when they do see them rather than interacting with them.

The Holocaust seems to get a lot of coverage everywhere, but when you look at the facts (85% of Americans were found to be Anti-Semitic in 2023 with similar numbers across the World) then you see that after 78 years little has changed.

6 Million Jewish Men, Women and Children were murdered by the Germans and their Collaborators from 1933-1945.

11 Million Non-Jewish Men, Women and Children were murdered by the Germans and their Collaborators from 1933-1945.

20 Million Jewish and Non-Jewish Men, Women and Children were imprisoned in German Concentration Camps, Labor Camps and Death Camps from 1933-1945.

Holocaust Denial may be illegal in many places today, but Holocaust Admiring (People who believe the Germans didn’t do enough and want to “finish the job”) grows every year with violent attacks on Jews in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, Spain, Poland, Russia, etc.

The Military and Veterans seem to get a lot of coverage everywhere, but when you look at the facts you see it isn’t.

 A Poll conducted in 1973 (when the US Military Draft ended) found that 84% of every American either served or knew a Loved One that served in the US Military.

A Poll conducted in 2019 found that 0.01% of every American either served or knew a Loved One that served in the US Military.

With less than 1% of all Americans serving or knowing a Loved One who is serving in the US Military little to no attention is really paid to what the Soldiers and the Veterans are going through. A lot of people post or say things like “Thank You for your service” and give no other thought to the Homeless, Disabled and Hungry Veterans or the Soldiers away from their Families.

Ukraine seems to be everywhere, but other than getting a few “likes” and many “Slava Ukraines” not much is being done by the General Population to help end Russia’s Genocide against Ukrainian Men, Women and Children. Putin is using the same excuses and methods against the Ukrainians that Hitler used.

Every Man, Woman and Child around the World that doesn’t side with Ukraine and do everything they can to help them defeat the Russians is just as guilty of the War Crimes being committed there as the Russians are themselves.

Abused, Abandoned and Hurt Animals seem to be posted everywhere (on TV, Social Media, etc.) but other than feeling sorry for what they see many people simply ignore what is going on. Animals, especially Pets, are seen as “Property” in many places so you can do whatever you want to them. Pets need to be protected as the loving and living creatures they are.  

Ever since I was little my Mom told me one phrase over and over again: “Do Good.”

She showed me (through her words and actions) to stand-up to Anti-Semitism when I was in 5^th Grade in Germany, to help Veterans, Soldiers and Military Families, to care for Animals and shortly before she passed in 2014 she told me to do what I could to help the Ukrainians after the Russians invaded and occupied Crimea – she went with me to Kyiv, Ukraine in November 2007.

That is why I always write and will continue to write about these often over-looked People and Animals.