Inspired Student Tattoos Survivor’s Anti- Hate Message on Her Spine

“People get tattooed because something monumental has happened in their lives. They get a tattoo to mark an event..” L.A. Ink Star Kat Von D. in the April 17, 2009 Entertainment Weekly.

“You Never Know What Effect Your Words Will Have on Some People!” tells the story of why an 18 year old Christian girl tattooed an Anti-Hate message on her spine in Hebrew – “If you absolutely have to hate, hate HATE ” was written by 88 year old Holocaust Survivor, Author and Teacher, Dr. Henry Oertelt. Henry’s book, An Unbroken Chain, My Journey Through the Nazi Holocaust in is the works to become a feature film with us at launch flix. We are sharing it in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21.

Eighty-eight year old Henry Oertelt was liberated by General Patton’s Third Army during the Flossenburg Death March in April, 1943. He arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1949 and has spent 40 years speaking about his experiences and the importance of tolerance, political involvement, and confronting hatred. Oertelt is past chairman of the Jewish Community Relations Council’s and Holocaust education committee and recipient of JCRC’s “Volunteer of the Year” award, as well as receiving the distinguished “Eleven Who Care Honor” from KARE 11 in Minnesota in May, 2006. St. Paul, Minnesota honored him with the key to the city and proclaimed “Henry A. Oertelt Day” on April 23, 2006. You can find out more about his film project on the blog An Unbroken Chain: The Movie or join the Facebook page!