Let's pay our respects‏

Dear John,

Ethel Lote was a nurse at the outbreak of World War Two. At a hospital in Birmingham she treated soldiers injured in the war. "The men were all in a terrible state," she remembers. "As well as being absolutely exhausted there were bullet and shrapnel wounds, along with breathing problems after being in the sea for hours. They were the first casualties to arrive after the defeat at Dunkirk.

"The women also suffered through this war. They had to endure being parted from their children, as well as from their men. I remember seeing a group of children who had been evacuated from a city and were waiting for someone to offer to take them home with them. They stood crying with their gas masks over their shoulders, some holding a toy, but all were terribly bewildered and wanting their mothers."

Ethel was part of a generation who helped keep Britain free from Nazism. Next week the HOPE not hate campaign is organising events across the country to pay our respects to them.

Will you join us?
http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/eventsnearme

In remembering those who sacrificed so much we also remind people how the British National Party has repeatedly sided with the Nazis and believed it was wrong that Britain went to war with Germany.

Only this August Adam Walker, a leading BNP officer, attended an international far-right gathering in Japan hosted by Issuikai, a right-wing association that denies Japanese war crimes. While there he visited the Yasukuni Shrine to commemorate the Japanese war dead and excused their actions by claiming they "were doing what they thought was right at the time".

We have come to expect nothing less from the BNP, whose leaders have repeatedly praised the Waffen SS while accusing RAF crews of being the real war criminals.

Will you help us tell people how the BNP have insulted the war generation?
http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/eventsnearme

Unlike the BNP we think we should remember those who sacrificed so much to rid Europe of Nazism. That is why we will be campaigning across the country next week to show our respect to Ethel and her generation. Please join us.

Thanks

Nick



PS if there is no event near you and you are keen to organise one then drop me an email at nick@hopenothate.org.uk.