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Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, May 1, is Holocaust Remembrance Day in the United States. Like many, I might have let the date slip aside unnoticed, but in 2005 I traveled to the country of Poland and saw first hand the atrocities that resulted in the deaths of millions. On the trip, I met with several Holocaust survivors and heard their stories. I’ve seen piles of shoes and hair taken from the dead. I’ve seen little “standing rooms” where Jews were left to die of exhaustion and asphyxiation. I’ve seen a crematorium where the dead were disposed of.
So, when I interview people about the Holocaust, I truly realize and grasp the horror of the situation. The important thing to remember on Holocaust Remembrance Day is that Holocaust survivors are disappearing before our very eyes. It’s been 63 years since Auschwitz, the most infamous of the Nazi death camps, was liberated. Most men like Jaap Penraat, who helped save hundreds of Jews, are already gone. Other men like Hamilton resident Al Miller, a self-described “sort of survivor” who escaped Germany before he could be sent to a concentration camp, will eventually be gone, too.
Check tomorrow’s paper for Miller’s story.
Additionally, the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education at Hebrew Union College will host Dr. Michael Berenbaum as a speaker at one of its Holocaust awareness programs at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 4 at the Isaac M Wise Temple, located at 8329 Ridge Rd, Cincinnati, OH.
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