Holocaust Remembrance Day – A Hatikva of Hope in Bergen-Belsen
TODAY in Israel it’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. There is no escaping the Holocaust in Jewish history. It’s there. It’s always there. Can Jews move on? This is not a wish to deny it – only a conniving racist would side with the Nazis who make liars of the dead and the Islamists who think that it never happened but it would be good idea if it did. It’s a desire not to be defined by persecution and murder. Six million Jews died in the Holocaust. How can Jews move on? How can Jews not be defined by anti-Semitism?
A reader sends us this video of Hatikva at Bergen-Belsen. It’s April 20th 1945 in the death camp. Hope springs. Life endures…
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Holocaust survivor Meir Friedman waits to tell his personal testimony to Israeli border police officers during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust remembrance day a in the Martyr's forest near Moshav Kesalon, in central Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Sirens sounded across Israel on Thursday morning, bringing life to a standstill as millions of Israelis observed a moment of silence to honor the memory of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust of World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Posted: 19th, April 2012 | In: Reviews Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
