queerio19:

This is one of the most haunting photos I have ever seen. It is hundreds of wedding rings that were removed from those in Concentration Camps.

I haven’t seen a single post on my dash about it being the remembrance day of the Holocaust today so I guess it’s up to me

This is sobering.

[In 2012 Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, is from the evening of Wednesday, April 18 until the evening of Thursday,  April 19. This date corresponds to the 27th day in the month of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar. more info here]

I want a fic about like. Erik sees this picture, and he’s completely unaffected. and he knows he should be freaked out by it, upset beyond belief, but he sees it and he’s just horribly numb inside. it actually bothers him more than the picture of itself, because those are the rings of his people, thousands dead and their rings collected like free gold. but he feels absolutely nothing.

He’s scared, he thinks he’s losing his religion - his history - and he calls his mom in this panic, telling her how much he loves her, how he’s going to fly out to see her sometime soon. He goes so far as to talk about going to the synagogue to Charles, and Charles is confused but he doesn’t really question it at first, letting Erik bring it up to him when he’s ready. Of course, Erik doesn’t - not at first - but he’s not sure even going and talking to the rabbi has helped him feel any less horrible by being unaffected by that picture.
    so then he talks to Charles about it, and Charles is just like ‘Erik…. they taught us all about this in school, and I know for a fact that you would cry about it all the time when we were kids. Perhaps… you’ve just blocked off something inside of you so these feelings won’t hurt you anymore? You’re not heartless, but your heart has to do something to protect itself from getting hurt.”
    yeah idk.

(Source: rustybayonetliebgott)