On Hitler’s 79th death anniversary, the world must remember that if the people who build nations are not vigilant, if the ‘silent majority’ turns a blind eye to the injustice done to their fellow citizens, if the privileged sit back and enjoy their If we enjoy the facilities and show no concern for public issues, then there is a danger of repressive forces, dictators and fanatics taking over our lives and ruining our families and society – as happened in Nazi Germany.
This happened in other countries also. Russians were a peaceful people – but they let the communists take over and kill 20 million people. Most Japanese were not pro-war. Nevertheless, his government systematically massacred 12 million Chinese civilians before World War II. Later, the Chinese, inheritors of one of the greatest civilizations of all time, allowed themselves to be ruled by leaders who wiped out a staggering 38 million of their own people.
The peace-loving majority must make its voice heard and become relevant in public life.
(Akhil Bakshi, an author and explorer, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club USA and editor of ‘Indian Mountaineer’. He is also the founder of Bharatiya Yuva Shakti, an organization that ensures good leadership at the rural level He tweeted @AkhilBakshi1. The views expressed above are the author’s own. The Quint Neither endorses nor is responsible for it.)
