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A few weeks ago, I was reading and watching the news, and despaired. When will we learn that differences and diversity in people are beneficial to us as humans? To the contrary, so many people through history and still to this day react in fear, anger, and opposition – sadly by all means and much violence in words and acts.

And so I posted this photo with the comment below on the social medias, as apparently, this is what you do when you wish to express yourself and be heard these days: you post on Twitter, Instagram, and Linkedin and so on.  I thought I should share it here, too.

“This is my late grandfather’s badge of the Deported Association. 
He spent 18 months in Nazi death camps as a French political opponent. He answered to this number, not his name.
His mindset, and luck, were essential to his survival: never give up, keep faith in life, and help others. 
On his return, his hope was that it would never happen again, and persisted in spreading his faith in mankind. 
So please, stop being superficial by only looking at our differences in skin tones, religions, origins, sexual orientations, identities and cultures, and look instead at the human being next to you. Look on the inside, not the outside. Stop this nonsensical talk of supremacy (any supremacy): it only betrays your fears and anger, your negative thoughts, not your positive mind and kind spirit. You could bring so much more than this to the world if you would just ponder on how diversity is beneficial for everything and everyone. And to everyone.
Thank you.“

Charles Bedos was a successful lawyer in his early forties, and during WWII, he could have led a good life despite the war, but his passion for justice led him to take dangerous cases and support the French Resistance. Openly criticising the Vichy regime for their collaboration with the German occupancy and for their unjust laws, he soon became a nuisance, warranting elimination. Sent to die in the Nazi death camps, the authorities underestimate his fortitude. He returned. But the return was not easy… And still, he never gave up his faith in humanity.

His strength of mind is awe-inspiring, and there is much to learn from it. I am deep in the process of putting his story into words, and I hope this will help to continue to pass on his message, and share his mindset.

Thank you for reading,

Yours, Virginie

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