City to commemorate the Holocaust
The City of Mission Viejo is joining people from near and far in commemorating the Holocaust on January 27 – and in the spring with a special event and exhibit from the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel.
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 for the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel and Jewish communities around the globe, the date for Holocaust Remembrance Day – or Yom HaShoah – falls this year on April 21, which recognizes both the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Israeli Independence Day.
In honor of these significant dates, the City will hold a remembrance ceremony on April 21 and exhibit three separate art installations from the World Holocaust Remembrance Center at the Mission Viejo Civic Center, Norman P. Murray Center and Potocki Center for the Arts. The exhibits - Art in the Holocaust – Yad Vashem; Shoah – How was it humanly possible?; and The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art – will be on display April 18-26.
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Please give more details as…
Please give more details as to what is happening this Monday, January 27th? Will there be a remembrance event, or only in April? Thank you.
This is extraordinary. My…
This is extraordinary. My dad, b. in Western PA in 1918, was there on the 3rd day of liberation at the Dachau Extermination Camp in Southern Germany. He was a young devout Lithuanian Catholic in General George Patton's Army at the time. His job was to transport Nazi-Germans from the nearby City of Dachau into the death camp to SEE and ACKNOWLEDGE what had been happening there since 1933. The men held their hankies to their faces while the women put their aprons over their heads so as to not see anything. In the passenger side of the US Army Jeep, it was Dad's job to scold them, in their own German language, and tell them that the driver would stop the Jeep any time any one of them looked away or closed their eyes. They drove by abominable sights and smells. Can you even imagine? I traveled to Poland 3 yrs ago to remember, witness and tour Auschwitz-Birkenau, to walk the commemorative borders & memorials of the Warsaw Ghetto and also to tour the city's new Holocaust Museum. I then went on to Vilnius, Lithuania, where the Jews (Litvaks) were extinguished largely at the hands of their fellow citizens. Monstrous and vengeful acts. STUDYING THE ANCESTRY OF YOUR EASTERN EUROPEAN FAMILY TAKES YOU WIDE AND FAR.
THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT of commemorating history and speaking forth in memory of those whose voices and cries were silenced in the 1930s - 40s. I wish that somehow all of the religious faiths residing in Mission Viejo could be represented too in some way. Kudos to the City. It's important for we human beings to "never ever forget" what was done to our fellow sisters and brothers, no matter how many long years ago. LR
I want to "Thank You" for…
I want to "Thank You" for bringing this exhibit to Mission Viejo. Many of the survivors are no longer with us to remind us of this terrible time in our history.
The people should never forget.
My uncle is a survivor and…
My uncle is a survivor and lives in Laguna Hills. Wondering if there is anyone that would like to talk to him to get his story for the April event. He is now 95 and not in the best of health.
Would you consider having…
Would you consider having music that depicts the mood. "paper children" written by a Holocaust Survivor Lucy Deutch and composed by Leslie Anvari tells the story of what is left for our hearts to remember, pieces of paper with pictures of our loved ones, nothing more. Please let me know to whom I can send this song to help
commemorate this event. It would be an honor to represent all of the surivors in song.
I want to express my…
I want to express my appreciation for such an important initiative. Not having any Jewish "background" but wonderful Jewish friends, I will never forget the impact the Holocaust Museum in Washington D C had on me and how it inspired more reading, understanding and action in my life around social justice matters. If I may give one suggestion as to the "title" of this particular event: I don't think we want to "commemorate" the Holocaust, quite the opposite, we want present the historical facts about it so it will never be forgotten. I believe a better heading could be " City to Remember the Holocaust" or" City joins in International Holocaust Remembrance Day." Looking forward to the exhibit.
In response to Lauren's…
In response to Lauren's question, the City's Remembrance event will be held on April 21. Additional details will be available on our website and in the eNewsletter as the date draws near.
Can you explain what is…
Can you explain what is happening on January 27, to commemorate
Remembrance Day?
Thank you.
I commend the city for…
I commend the city for bringing this Remembrance of the Holocaust to our attention. No, we shouldn’t ever forget this terrible time in history so that it may never be repeated.
In these turbulent political times, there are those of us who witness the myriad acts of hatred perpetrated against innocent worshippers, and wonder, will history repeat itself?
Yes, let us tell what has happened, how it happened, what the impact was, so that we can be on guard and forewarned. Such atrocities simply cannot ever be allowed to occur again!