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quick reminder for y’all that today, international holocaust remembrance day, celebrates the auschwitz liberation and is different from yom hashoah (holocaust memorial day)

today, 27th january, is holocaust memorial day.

on this day, we remember the killing of 6 million jews in the most devastating moment of our history - the people we know by name, and those whose names have been lost.

i'd like to draw attention to some charities; please consider supporting their work.

85% of jews killed in the holocaust were yiddish speakers. YIVO preserve & teach yiddish. additionally, they host 23 million items in their east european jewry archive - the largest repository of its kind (a number of these materials were rescued from nazi book burnings.)

approximately one-third of israeli holocaust survivors live in poverty. the blue card foundation provide support for these survivors, including food, accessibility renovations, medical/dental treatments & more.

studies have shown that education systems fail to adequately teach younger generations about the holocaust, resulting in worrying statistics (source 1, source 2). the holocaust educational trust are working to improve the quality of holocaust education in the united kingdom.

the united states holocaust museum preserve holocaust evidence & provide educational services. with a $50 donation, you can provide classroom resources for 150 students.

(for more information about holocaust education, visit this website. the AHO consists of almost 400 foundations & individuals striving for the international advancement of holocaust teaching, remembrance and research.)

today, we pledge ourselves to remember.

we pledge ourselves not to forget.

& we say: לעולם לא שוב. never again.

From Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services: Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We gather to mourn the 6 million Jews, 500,000 Romani, and countless others who were murdered for who they were, along with victims of all other genocides both past and present. The long term genealogical ramifications of genocide are hard to imagine. In this infographic prepared by co-founder Caitlin Hollander, you can see just how significant the scale of loss truly is for the Jewish community long-term.

Zionists Morphing Into Nazis

During the Holocaust, Nazis would paint the Star of David on the homes of Jewish people – marking them for forced eviction.

Zionists do the same to Palestinians. The Star of David marks a Palestinian home for eviction, and then destruction.

Ousman Noor

Saw that you’re interested in Jewish books! I have to recommend At the Mercy of Strangers by Suzanne Loebl as a story of living on the edges of the Shoah.

Thank you for the recommendation!

I'm older so the books my schools used to teach the Shoah were not the usual fare nowadays (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was published five years after I graduated from high school). Still, though, I haven't heard of this one yet and I'm adding it to my shopping list!

Joseph Levi, Yosef Alcana y otros dos jóvenes se sientan en una cerca con un niño pequeño en un parque.

Yosef y Joseph fueron deportados a Auschwitz. Alcana murió, pero Levi, un campeón de boxeo, sobrevivió y emigró a Israel.

Derechos de autor: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Procedencia: Miru Alcana

Hagadá de Pésaj, de rito sefardí hispano-portugués, utilizada por soldados judíos el 8 de abril de 1944, en el séder en una base británica para soldados de la tierra de Israel en Bari, Italia

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מיר וועלן זיי איבערלעבן

we will outlive them