Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

[stowe1]

Just wanted to remind everyone that today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, which falls annually on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Tributes and ceremonies are planned throughout the world.

Every year there are fewer and fewer Survivors of the Nazi genocide. And it is incumbent on those of us who have heard the stories and know about this blot on the soul of humanity pass on our knowledge and memories to the younger generations so that it can never happen again.

 

[tampa24]

I had forgotten that today was Shoa Day. Thanks for the reminder Stowe.

 

[joeychuck2]

I could never forget it I was born during it and the returning refugees and the STATE OF ISRAEL's creation and the end of the War.

 

[stowe1]

I could never forget it I was born during it and the returning refugees and the STATE OF ISRAEL's creation and the end of the War.

As was I, jc2. Important for us to keep it alive and pass it on.

 

[ScottA]

Just wanted to remind everyone that today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, which falls annually on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Tributes and ceremonies are planned throughout the world.

Every year there are fewer and fewer Survivors of the Nazi genocide. And it is incumbent on those of us who have heard the stories and know about this blot on the soul of humanity pass on our knowledge and memories to the younger generations so that it can never happen again.

I did not realize. Thank you for tell us. When you think of those people and how they suffered, our little disagreements here seem so petty and shameful.

 

[stowe1]

Here is a piece from Wikipedia on Holocaust Remembrance Days. Note the official U.S. remembrance follows the the Israeli remembrance calendar.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_Memorial_Days