April 20 - Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

[Focks]

Tonight we're observing . . .



Yom HaShoah (Jewish - Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Commemorating the anniversary of the Allied liberation of the Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald. Yom Hashoah honors the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

Related article:

Dispatches from an American in Israel: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

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We are also observing;

Taurus Begins
Patriot's Day (Mass. and Maine)

[houtex]

Houston has one of the better Holocaust Museums in the nation. I got involved with it as president of the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Houston.

Two of our members, Helen and Andy Spector, serve on the Board of the museum and Helen's mother is a holocaust survivor, tatooed numbers and all. VERY interesting lady to speak to about her experiences.

SU sponsors an annual program that sends about a dozen or more students to Houston for a couple of weeks to study at the museum.

[BlackSSR03]

It is an extraordinary sight to see the level of humanity extended by Focks.
I want to thank you for this post and praise you for the act.
We are again at a turning point in history and we are reminded that mankind has the capacity to be cruel and inhumane.
Tyrants are everywhere, and like the mid 30s in Europe where the population was led around by charisma and scapegoating; tragedy ensued, millions were killed. History reveals what lack of knowledge and following leaders blindly has effects that are catastrophic.
History is said to repeat itself, but with knowledge and understanding the masses can prevent another Holacaust.
Again, I thank you for the post and the humanity.
God Bless you and yours and Our United States of America.

Sandy