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• Blog: Remembering the ‘banality of evil’ is of vital importance

  26-01-2023 10:39
  
  By Joshua Garfield and Izzy Lenga
  Hannah Arendt wrote about the “banality of evil,” as a countenance to the often ubiquitous belief that evil is exceptional; that uniquely evil deeds are committed by uniquely evil individuals.
  Offering up a thesis that evil is banal begs the question of whether we need to work harder to fight hate, because it is far more common than we are willing to admit.
  The theme for this year’s international Holocaust Memorial Day, which falls on 27 Januar
  
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• Marking Holocaust Memorial Day

  26-01-2023 10:12
  
  Every year UNISON marks Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and death camp.
  We remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution, including Roma and Sinti people, disabled people, LGBT+ people, Black people, trade unionists and political opponents of the Nazis.
  We also remember and commemorate the victims of more recen
  
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