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Jewish FEATURE: "Yom ha Shoah" (Holocaust)-John J. Parsons


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FEATURE: "Will You Remember?" (Holocaust) {Absence of siren doesn't mean we shouldn't pause and reflect} Col. Michael J. Underkofler

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Absence of siren doesn't mean we shouldn't pause and reflect

Posted 4/29/2011   Updated 4/29/2011  Email story   Print story 

 

Commentary by Col. Michael J. Underkofler
514th Air Mobility Wing commander


4/29/2011 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- For one week each spring, we as Americans formally pause to remember all those who perished more than sixty years ago in the Holocaust. This annual commemoration was established by the United States Congress in 1979 and is known as the Days of Remembrance. The observance falls each year around Yom Hashoah, the 27th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar. 

In Hebrew, Yom Hashoah literally means the Day of (remembrance of) the Holocaust. This year Yom Hashoah is May 1, and the Days of Remembrance are observed this year from May 1 through 8. In Israel, since the early 1960s a siren sounds at 11 a.m. on Yom Hashoah to signal two minutes of silent devotion. Throughout the world, many Jews will observe Yom Hashoah in synagogues or in the broader Jewish community. 

But Yom Hashoah and the week-long Days of Remembrance are not observances only for Jews. All humanity - Jew and Gentile - suffered because of the Holocaust and consequently all humanity ought to pause and remember those who died. 

It is also fitting during the Days of Remembrance we honor those who fought against the Holocaust, those who liberated the camps, those who fought to document what had happened and those who continue today to tell the story. 

The Holocaust, or Shoah, was the systematic extermination of six million Jews, approximately two-thirds of the pre-war European Jewish population. Killed along with the Jews were five million others who included political dissidents, the Roma (gypsies), handicapped and others deemed less desirable by the Nazis. Starting first as harassment, name-calling and false blame, the hatred against the Jews and others ultimately grew into an accepted practice of annihilation. Families had their possessions confiscated, were forced to live in ghettos and finally were transported to labor camps where most were abused, then killed, in short order. 

In early 1945, the allies were able to push through Europe to the heart of the Nazi-held stronghold. American soldiers were soon witnesses and liberators at the gates of the wretched death camps. They were not prepared for, nor were they able to comprehend the magnitude of the evil that took place. The camps were horrific cesspools where the dignity of human life was lost. So efficient was the killing machine that most historians would later agree if the war had lasted much longer, most European Jews would have been exterminated. 

The Americans who liberated the camps were deeply affected by what they saw. 

Tough-as-nails Generals Patton and Eisenhower were so visibly shaken at the camps they became ill. Eisenhower said in a letter in April 1945, "I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to 'propaganda'." The American liberators instinctively knew what to do. They took the time to bury and honor the dead and carefully nurse to health the gaunt living who remained. 

Remembering the Holocaust is important to Americans, especially those serving in the armed forces, for several reasons. It was the American military that liberated many of the death camps, then exposed and documented what had taken place. America also welcomed many of those who survived and provided them opportunities and freedoms found nowhere else. 

By annually and accurately telling the story of the Holocaust and honoring those who died, we help ensure future generations know what can happen if hatred, bigotry and indifference are left unchecked and unchallenged. Finally, listening to the stories of survivors and liberators helps reaffirm what's best in our national culture. It serves as a touchstone for counting our blessings, enduring our hardships and remembering the ultimate sacrifices of others and the role we as servicemembers play in guaranteeing the dignity and self-worth of all humanity. 

Sirens will not go off in America this year on Yom Hashoah to remember those who died. But communities across this great land will still pause with their own ceremonies to honor those who died and listen to first-person accounts from survivors and liberators. If you're unable to attend a somber observance, take some personal time to reflect and remember. Read a book or see a movie about the Holocaust to sharpen your knowledge of this horrific time in world history. Think about how you can help to eliminate hatred, bigotry and indifference, especially in the society we protect and serve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FEATURE: "Will You Remember?" (Holocaust) {Twin Cities Jewish community to commemorate Holocaust} Rose French

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Twin Cities Jewish community to commemorate Holocaust

Posted by: Rose French Updated: April 29, 2011 - 10:38 AM

The 2011 Twin Cities Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Commemoration will be held this Sunday at Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka.

The commemoration will reflect the theme, “Legacy: The Writing of Survivor Stories,” which will illustrate the importance of Holocaust survivors sharing their stories with future generations.

This year, the commemoration will feature Christos Nicola, author of “The Secret of Priest’s Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story.”  The story details a team of experienced cavers that discover in the Ukraine artifacts belonging to a Jewish family that survived the Holocaust living in the caves known as Priest’s Grotto.

The commemoration will also feature “Transfer of Memory,” a photographic exhibit of Holocaust survivor portraits.  The exhibit is a collaboration between the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) and local photographer, David Sherman. Israel Defense Forces soldiers and participants from Talmud Torah of Minneapolis’ Adopt-a-survivor program will also participate in the program.

The annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration remembers the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.  As is tradition at Yom HaShoah, Holocaust survivors are invited to light candles in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.  Members of the Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota (CHAIM) will assist in the lighting of candles.

For the past 31 years, the JCRC has organized and hosted the Twin Cities Yom HaShoah Commemoration.  The 7 p.m. commemoration is free of charge and open to the public.  

The Yom HaShoah Commemoration is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, CHAIM, Bet Shalom Congregation, Minneapolis Jewish Federation and United Jewish Fund and Council of St. Paul.

 

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FEATURE: "Will You Remember?" (Holocaust) {Yom HaShoah: A day of remembrance, and change} Rev. KEN WEISS

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Yom HaShoah: A day of remembrance, and change

April 30, 2011
By the Rev. KEN WEISS Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Tomorrow is Yom HaShoah. For those who are not familiar with the phrase it simply means "day of remembrance of the Holocaust."

The day is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximate 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories. Yet it is a day that goes beyond Jews and Israel and is a reminder for all of us, all children of God, that horrible things have happened in the past and we must do whatever we can to make sure they never happen again.

As this is an article directed toward all people of faith, I would like us to set aside such a day not only to remember those who have no one left to remember them - when entire towns were destroyed - populations within various countries completely killed - it is all too easy to simply say, "Well, that wasn't my family" and go on with our lives. This is something that people of faith must never do. So spend a moment tomorrow in silent prayer and remember those who died in such a horrible way.

Then, go forth from that moment of silence to live your life in a new way, a way that will assure all peoples that such an event will never be allowed to happen again. While most of us can't control governments or armies, we actually have the very powers that would have prevented such a thing from ever happening.

Hitler could only achieve what he did when the common persons turned their faces away and were just glad it was not them. The saying by Pastor Martin Niemoller in Germany in the 1940s - "First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me."

This day should serve as a motivator to each of us to speak out when we see any injustice, to act in defense of anyone without a voice or without power, to love instead of hate, to accept instead of reject, and to stand up and be heard even when it is not popular. We, as God's People, need to be the voice of sanity and reason and not mass hysteria. We, as God's People, need to share the Good News of God's love for all people of this world, not the bad news of making any group of people less than any other. We, as God's People, need to encourage governments toward policies of justice, freedom, acceptance and equality.

This is the calling of this day of remembrance. Do it because God tells you that it is the right thing to do. Do it because our children deserve a better world in the future and a safer world for all people. Do it as someone who cares for others, especially those whom you do not know. And do it for those who hid in attics and basements, who had to wear horrible yellow stars, who lost all their possessions and could not work, died in concentration camps, in gas chambers, in mass graves and never would see their families again. Do it before you are the only ones left and there is no one left to speak for you.

Weiss is the pastor at First Church of Christ (Disciples), 1250 Almond St.

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FEATURE: "Will You Remember?" (Holocaust) {Event offers youngsters lessons from the Holocaust} Robert King

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Event offers youngsters lessons from the Holocaust

Remembrance is called 'imperative' as a way to preserve history, values

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» What: "Never Again: A Walk for Respect and Understanding," a Holocaust remembrance event.

» When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

» Where: Arthur M. Glick JCC, 6701 Hoover Road.

» Cost: Free.

» Info: www.jccindy.org (under special events).

Curious George, the beloved character of children's books, might seem to be an unlikely feature of an event that aims to remember 11 million people, including six million Jews, who perished during the Holocaust at the hands of Nazi Germany.

But the story of how an early manuscript of the book helped its Jewish authors escape the Nazis is one of the ways local Jewish organizations hope to make a connection with local children with regard to one of the darkest periods in human history.

"Never Again: A Walk for Respect and Understanding," a Holocaust remembrance event Sunday at the Arthur M. Glick JCC, aims to teach lessons about this difficult story to children ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade.

There will be anti-bullying messages and dramatic portrayals of death camp survivor and author Elie Wiesel and a Danish child telling the story of how his grandfather ferried fleeing Jews to safety

Also planned is a visit to the JCC Holocaust memorial, where visitors will be take part in the Jewish tradition of putting a rock on the memorial as a symbol of remembrance. It is a walk in the sense that the event will take place in various stations around the JCC's grounds.

The event, sponsored by several local Jewish organizations, precedes by a few hours the start at sundown of Yom Hashoah, the one-day international remembrance of the Holocaust.

Bringing the Holocaust home to children is a challenge, says Marcia Goldstein, director of lifelong learning for the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, one of the sponsoring organizations. But finding ways to remember, she said, is "imperative" for those victims with no living survivors and as an antidote to future genocides.

"When you take the Holocaust and boil it down, it happened because people stopped looking at the humanity of the other person," Goldstein said. "We are trying to instill in the kids the importance of the other person and how we can make a difference in the world."

Call Star reporter Robert King at (317) 444-6089.


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