Forgive and forget is a well-used adage but for some people who have gone through traumatic events, forgiveness is achieved through remembrance and education.
Moving on from trauma is a question that friends Robbie Waisman, a holocaust survivor, and Chief Robert Joseph, a residential school survivor, have grappled with throughout their lives.
“It is something I will never forget, what the Nazis did to us — it is impossible to imagine and forgive,” Waisman told Stephen Quinn, the host of CBC’s The Early Edition.
White roses lie on a memorial plaque in front of the former Buchenwald concentration camp,
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