Tell us about your local Holocaust commemoration. How will you remember?
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NameDiana Sanchez, Educator2009-04-21 05:06 PM |
LocationBrownsville, TexasMessageMy students have read books and we have discussed this time in history in our classroom. Conversations still linger outside my classroom! The way we remember this event is by making paper plates for each child who died during this time. It is our way of showing that we still remember those innocent children who were truly heroes! |
NamePandora Jorgensen Heathcoe2009-04-21 04:23 PM |
LocationFairhope, AlabamaMessageI will remember by wearing my Grandfather's black arm band. My grandparents, father and uncle lived in Copenhagen Denmark during the five year occupation. The family came over to the US in 1950. My grandfather was in the Danish Resistence and helped smuggle Jews out of Denmark into Sweden. Upon his death, we found his black arm band. |
NameAlly Judge2009-04-21 12:52 PM |
MessageI will take this day to think about all the victims and their struggles.This year I had the oppurtunity to meet Holocaust Surviors for my Holocaust and genocide class. Mine was Irna Anolik, she was such an Insperation and she touched my heart in so many ways. I never thought i'd meet a survior, but I did and it's an experience I will never forget. I've been studying the Holocaust on my own since 4th grade it's always caught my intrest and there is always something new to read on it, and I know it's something I'll always study and my survior's story I will never forget and keep it going. |
NameZalman P. Saperstein2009-04-21 12:26 PM |
LocationFish Creek, WisconsinMessageMy mother immigrated from Romania via England in the 1920's. I was born in Chicago in 1931 and lived during WW II in Los Angeles with my mother and aunt. My Father deserted us when I was less than 1 year old. My memories of the war time are imprinted by a trip to Dachau about 18 years ago where I saw the actual concentration camp and gas chambers that were used to slaughter so many innocent human beings, mostly Jews. However, there were German non-Jews who opposed Hitler and were imprisoned and killed also. We must remember what the Nazis and other maniacal warlords have perpetrated upon mankind and strive to eliminate the seeds of evil from our souls. Remind all the world what was done and how meaningless life becomes when hate permeates individuals who believe they control the destiny of all humans.We must promote acceptance of differences and try to bond all people as one humankind. |
NameNina2009-04-21 12:03 PM |
MessageIt is important to note that everyone should be educated about such genocide. The holocaust is an act of extremism that drove many to mass graves. I would educate my children and grandshildren and the generations thereafter about this event and we should do our best to remember and educate those who don't know. Emil Fackenheim urged in his 614th Commandment Thou Shalt Not Give Hitler a Posthumous Victory. |
NameJennifer2009-04-21 12:01 PM |
LocationFLMessageI did not learn about the holocaust until I was older,it doesn't matter if a person is 14yrs. old or 40yrs. old. When a person learns about the holocaust and the horrible things that occured, it's absolutely heartbreaking.For all the lives lost, this day is for you, to honor you,mourn you,but most importantly remember you. |
NameMax Jacobsen2009-04-21 10:53 AM |
LocationMerrill WIMessageOur class lights a candle to remember the victims of this horrible crime on humanity. The flame represents the hate that rages on in the world. We discuss ways to extinguish this flame. So far we figure the only way to extinguish this flame is a gust of wind. The wind would be a wave of acceptance for our fellow man |
NameAshlyn Taylor2009-04-21 09:42 AM |
LocationWashington, DCMessageI will remember the importance of standing for righteousness! The Holocaust signifies the value of life, no matter the creed. In all genocides, I've realized the enemy uses ethnic cleansing as its objective. However, if we truly take what we've learned from the Holocaust we can stop the genocide in Darfur from taking place right now! There is no such thing as ethnic cleansing, people have the right to live no matter their ethnicity! May God comfort all the loved ones of the victims of genocide world wide and cleanse the hearts of the wicked! |
NameDebOrah Adams2009-04-21 12:27 AM |
LocationHouston, TexasMessageWe have gotten so caught in the crisis with the economy that we have almost forgotten things we should never forget. A child of the 50s, it is incomprehensible to me that the world did nothing to stop this genocide and the unspeakable vileness of the Nazis. I PRAY to God that this will never, never happen again to any groups of people. I pray for the survivors, the memory of those who perished and for the nation of Israel. |
NameRJ2009-04-20 07:53 PM |
LocationAlexandria, VAMessageHello. I actually don't have to do much more than talk to my mother every day and thank G-d he saved her and my grandparents from Hitler's cruel ways. Had they perished, I would not be here today. |