Holocaust
The monument honors U.S. 45th Division as ceremonies recall the camp’s liberation 80 years ago and the voices of survivors and liberators.
The governments of the two countries said that they intend to focus on several new areas as part of the U.S.-Germany Dialogue on Holocaust Issues.
Local Likud Party branch head Racheli Ben-Ari Sakat called those participating in the event at Ra’anana’s Beit Samueli synagogue “traitors,” and vowed that the protest was just the “opening shot.”
“Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized,” the husband of the former U.S. vice president stated.
“We must clearly show to the world—and preserve for the future—what antisemitism is, what it looks like and the personal toll it takes on Jews around the world,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee.
“We don’t know the experiences and the stories of those young guys, who walked into the concentration camps not knowing what they were going to find,” Ellen Germain told JNS.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the desecration of the tomb of Rabbi Chaim Vital,” said the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic Countries.
“I am in shock—I have no words. Honestly, we thought she’d make it to 110,” her granddaughter said.
Magda Baratz, 96, and the soldier’s father found out about Master Sgt. (res.) Asaf Cafri’s death upon their return home from Bergen-Belsen.
“These pivotal places inspire continued diligence against antisemitism at home and abroad,” wrote the Virginia senator in a social-media post.
This past year, 1,647 Israelis joined the community of bereaved families.
The delegation from the U.S. and Europe was the largest to date organized by Rutgers’ Miller Center on Policing and the University of Virginia.
