“In Auschwitz there was snow”[1] as the famous song of Guccini says, but I arrived to Auschwitz in a sunny day, while birds were regardless singing, or maybe unaware. I saw flowers blooming on the trees and green grass around the numbered blocks.
The decline of clear thinking present in politics today is manifested microcosmically in this post-Brexit article: “Despite voting overwhelmingly to quit the EU, Cornwall – a significant beneficiary of European Union funds over the past couple of decades – immediately demanded a Westminster guarantee of their European money… Surprisingly, no such confirmation has yet been issued by Theresa May”1. This came after 5 out of 6 Cornish MPs advocated a Leave vote.
“Ad Auschwitz c’era la neve[1]” recita la celebre canzone di Guccini, ma io ad Auschwitz ci sono capitata in un giorno di sole, quando gli uccellini, ignari o indifferenti, cantavano.