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A song in memory of Azriel David

Azriel David was ready to meet his fate, but he wanted so much for his Rebbe to hear the tune.

A flame at Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day
Photo by: Marc Israel Sellem
■ EVERY HOLOCAUST Memorial function has its poignant moments, and the annual ceremony held by Emunah College’s Yossi Berger Holocaust Study Center was no exception.

This year the keynote speaker was Shanghai-born Chanie Persoff, whose parents were among those fortunate Jews who received visas from Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese Consul in Kaunus, Lithuania, who made it possible for thousands of Jews to find a haven. Notwithstanding orders to the contrary from his Foreign Ministry, Sugihara kept issuing visas for as long as he was in Lithuania, and in this way saved some 6,000 Jewish lives at the expense of his own career. Approximately a third of these people found their way to Japan, and most of these were encouraged to move to Shanghai, where they were able to live a relatively normal life for the duration of the war. Sugihara has a special place in the hearts of many Holocaust survivors and their progeny.

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