The notion that “never again” can the world allow something like the Holocaust to happen feels like it is slipping away, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk both said Tuesday.
The two leaders met in Warsaw a day after they joined dozens of other world leaders to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp Auschwitz.
At that ceremony, Trudeau said he spoke with the children and grandchildren of survivors who say they’re glad their grandparents are not around to see the global resurgence of antisemitism and other hateful ideologies gaining ground.
He said those words should be a “bright red” flashing warning sign to every democracy.
“We have a responsibility to hold up the two-word pledge that we as an international community committed to after witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust — ‘never again,”‘ he said. “We cannot fail in …