Holocaust
“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.
“Every representative who has come here is a triumph of light for the Jewish people and a reminder that we are the victory of the spirit,” said Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage who spent 491 days in Hamas captivity.
The U.S. Secretary of State said America “must ensure the history, and the facts, of the Holocaust are not denied or distorted.”
Troops observed a moment of silence in all combat sectors, in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Judea and Samaria.
The Israeli president joined Holocaust survivors and former Hamas captives in Poland to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
