In the West we have the Holocaust memorial day to honor victims of the Holocaust, but sadly the reality of that we only remember the Jewish Victims. That is why we only hear about 6 million victims, Jewish Victims. We hear the battle cry, Never Forget, but what about the millions of the non-Jewish victims all but forgotten.

Since it is determined the Holocaust memorial day is dedicated to 6 million Jewish victims, maybe we should consider setting up a day to honor non-Jewish victims to commemorate their victimhood and suffering especially so the public can understand that not only Jews were victims of the German genocide. 

Poles, Soviet POW’s, Roma, Homosexuals, political prisoners, and those considered not worthy of life were also victims of the Germans but are hardly known as victims of the Germans. To be factual and to be honorable we should make sure these people are remembered in history for the sake of humanity and posterity. 

Czesława Kwoka was a Polish Catholic girl who died at the age of 14 in Auschwitz. One of thousands of child victims of German World War II crimes against Poles in German-occupied Poland.

She is one of the millions on non-Jewish victims that have been forgotten.