Today is Holocaust Rememberance Day. This date was chosen because it coinsides with the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Tonight we will be at a local JCC (Jewish Community Center) commemorating this day. It is the first year we will be taking our kids. They know about the Holocaust and have studied age appropriate material on the subject. It scares them. Heck, it scares me. For the first time tonight I will meet Holocaust survivors. I want them to meet my children, to know that their struggle was not in vain. That the next generation carries on the traditions and they will learn about what happened and make sure that they teach it to their children. This young generation will be the last to meet these people. It is up to them to make sure that the horrors of this time are never forgotten. And even more important to understand it so it never is allowed to happen again.
Never again will Jews be marched from their homes without a fight. Never again will we quietly and blindly follow what were obviously lies that lead to the death of so many. Jews will never again give in with hopes of pacifying the oppressor.
Never again.
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Aha! So that's why they showed "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Masterpiece Theatre last night. Not that I questioned it at the time, but now that I know the 11th was Yom Hashoah it gives the program an even more special meaning.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lesson for every person walking the earth. NOBODY should be marched from their homes without a fight. NOBODY should quietly and blindly follow what were obviously lies that lead to the death of so many. NOBODY should give in with hopes of pacifying the oppressor.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing opportunity for you and your kids. I can't wait to hear about it.
(Vee: Ditto for multiple screenings of Schindler's List on HBO.)
Just Me. This was exactly what the program was about last night. That this should never happen again to anyone. They had a soldier who was part of the troops who located Dachau and liberated the camp there to speak. It was the first concentration camp found. There was not a dry eye in the place. A survivor and an adult who was a hidden child also spoke. A lot of it went over the kids heads but that's okay. Programs like this are available every year. Every year they will understand more. I'm going to try to do a post about it in the next few days.
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