Be the Light in the Darkness

“All humans are human. There are no humans more human than others.”

This powerful statement is posted on the wall at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond. This quote is from Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda following the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. While this amazing museum does an incredible job of telling the story of the six million Jews and others who were murdered by the Nazis in World War II, it also tells the stories of modern examples of genocide, not only Rwanda but also Cambodia, Darfur, Bosnia, and makes its point quite clearly.

We are all human. No better and no worse than any other.

I visited this museum one bright sunny day in July in 2020. The museum, like many others had closed for several months due to the Pandemic. Once it re-opened, I quickly made the trek to Richmond to visit. I wanted to see how Dame Mary Barraco was portrayed in the exhibits.