With International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, In Jerusalem is proud to profile ReQuint – arguably one of the best-known Holocaust survivors in English-speaking circles.
First, we owe them the promise to never forget and more importantly, to continue to teach the lessons of the Holocaust.
"In the Kibbutz Beeri massacre, I know every single person, every single member of my kibbutz and their children. For me, it was a second holocaust," he said.
While Holocaust survivors are now spread across 90 different countries, 49% reside within Israel.
During the course of the evening, the audience will hear half a dozen ambassadors relate the Holocaust experiences of six survivors, interspersed by musical interludes.
In 2011, Eugenia Unger was declared Outstanding Personality by the Buenos Aires city parliament.
Seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette was raised Catholic and is now a practicing Buddhist. But her mother was born in Hungary to two Holocaust survivor parents.
While Yoav Shimoni is suffering in his heart over the loss of his beloved grandmother, he says that living with antisemitic fears in Toronto have also become a new discomfort.
Yaffa Adar had said that she found strength by singing the music of the Italian singer.
Both of the Baltic nations contained rich centers of Jewish life and history before World War II.
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