The children of Bluma (Zlotnik) Michalowski and Honeh Michalowski stand in front of their house in Eyshishok, 1941. German and Lithuanian forces murdered most of the Jews of Eyshishok in a mass shooting operation in September 1941. All five of these children were among the approximately 3,500 victims of that massacre. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of the Shtetl Foundation
Congress established the Days of Remembrance and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. During the annual Days of Remembrance, the Museum leads the national commemoration of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and the other victims of Nazi persecution. This year’s observance is especially important, given the continuing surge in violent antisemitism and increased Holocaust denial and distortion.
Reading the names of Holocaust victims during the Days of Remembrance is one way to honor those who were killed. Museum visitors are welcome to read names from their own connections to this history or names provided from historical records. You may also listen as names are read or light a memorial candle.
This event is open to the public. Passes are not required to visit the Hall of Remembrance on the second floor.