My dear friend Tamar divides her time between the United States and Israel – spending six months in each nation, each year. She's currently based in Tel Aviv and when we spoke on Skype earlier this week, she told me about the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day that was set to begin at sunset on April 30, 2008. She told me about the siren that would sound across Israel for two solid minutes starting at 10:00am and explained that citizens and visitors across the nation would stop everything to observe these critical moments and to reflect on the gruesome realities of the past. Gruesome realities that continue to threaten everyone, everywhere, always. I knew that I wanted to speak with her on this day and to share our conversation with you. Our conversation is approximately 25 minutes long. I hope you'll listen, reflect and remember.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Conversation
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7 comments:
Very insightful and everyone should know the story so it will not be forgotten or repeated.
Thanks for doing this.
Michael
Stephanie, I really admire you for what you are doing. I thank you & Tamar, this is so moving.
The people who deny the Holocaust ever happened scare me. They scare me because it is those people who could turn their backs and deny anything bad happens in this world. My uncle who is now 91 was stationed in Europe during WWII in the military police. He is a very good, honest, and gentle man. It was a few years back (about 4) that I was asking him questions about his days in the war. I will never forget when he started to tell me about the Dachau camp. I am not sure exactly why he was there immediately at the conclusion of the war other than to witness the condition of the camp and evident atrocities that occurred there. I listened but did not get details because even after all the years that had passed he was grimacing and feeling the pain so bad that I had to stop him. Nobody could have shown that hurtful feeling without telling the truth.
I also want to second what Tamar said regarding that we're all in this together. I am not of the Jewish faith but have Jewish friends. Here's an if I wonder about - what if the world had stood up to Hitler before he became so powerful. I wonder about this because I may have got to know one of my other uncles (father's brother) who was killed in Germany two months before the end of the war. I realize this piece is about the Holocaust Remembrance Day but I guess what I'm saying is the Holocaust affects me on some level also. Thanks for this post.
Thank you so much for listening and sharing your thoughts.
I'm so glad that you both shared this. It is really powerful.
Thanks you for capturing the moment. And thank you for the thank you.
James
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