Maplewood To Present Holocaust Surivors' Stories Sunday

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood and South Orange residents are invited to tune in to a "Remember and Tell" Interfaith Holocaust Service Sunday in which local survivors of the Nazi Holocaust will share their stories.

Holocaust remembrance events are taking place around the county this month, including in local communities. The events serve to help remember victims and survivors of the Nazi Holocaust and to provide education so similar circumstances never occur again.

An announcement about the local event said:

• Sunday, April 18 at 4 p.m. via YouTube, Join us in honoring our local Holocaust survivors by listening to their stories and remembering those who perished. Listen to clergy of different faiths as they recite prayers and messages of unity, hope, and calls to action. Take part in honoring the recipients of the esteemed Sister Rose Thering Award for Holocaust Education. www.rememberandtell.org/2021

The website for the annual service includes more details and a button to get to the virtual remembrance program here.

History and events

The end of the Nazi regime occurred in spring of 1945. There are still 80,000 survivors of the Holocaust living in the U.S., approximately a third of whom live in poverty.

A White House proclamation this month noted:

On Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — we stand in solidarity with the Jewish people in America, Israel, and around the world to remember and reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust. An estimated 6 million Jews perished alongside millions of other innocent victims — Roma and Sinti, Slavs, disabled persons, LGBTQ+ individuals, and others — systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators in one of the cruelest and most heinous campaigns in human history.
...Having borne witness to the depths of evil, these survivors remind us of the vital refrain: “never again.”

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