A History Lesson By Hank Silverberg It is chilling, and one of the most disturbing, episodes in the whole illegal immigration crackdown that has been stepped up by the current administration. More than two thousand children, who came into the country illegally with one or both parents between April and May, were separated from their parents. They have been placed in holding centers while the adults are placed in detention centers awaiting deportation proceedings. Most of those parents are seeking political asylum here because of unrest or gang violence in their home country. Why is this shocking? Many of the parents were told as they were separated that the children were being taken so they could get a bath. No other explanation was provided. For those who know history, particularly for Jews, that explanation has a chilling echo. It was standard procedure at Nazi concentration camps to tell those about to be murdered that they were going to take a “sh