Holocaust Remembrance: The Importance Of Continuity
In the United States, B’nai B’rith partnered with the United Nations for the annual Holocaust remembrance events, on a program commemorating the rejection by Arturo Toscanini of fascism and his support for Jewish musicians' revival in Israel.
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Unto Every Person There is a Name 2015 programming was held in communities and linked to the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity campus program, We Walk to Remember, on more than 130 campuses. This was held on Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, observed on April 16, 2015. Materials were created and distributed based on the theme chosen by an international committee: “70 Years Since the End of WWII: The Anguish of Liberation and The Return to Life.”
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In November, B’nai B’rith Latin America continued its unique commemoration of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass), traditionally seen as the beginning of the Holocaust. It’s the 1938 period in Germany and Austria when at least 96 Jews were killed, more than 1,000 synagogues were set on fire, nearly 7,500 Jewish-owned businesses were destroyed and countless homes, libraries and community centers were looted. Events were held in Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Cuba, Panama, Chile and Paraguay.
At the B’nai B’rith annual Policy Forum held in November, we hosted a Holocaust Commemoration and candle lighting ceremony. Honorary President Tommy P. Baer, who was born in Berlin, reflected on the impact Kristallnact and the Holocaust had on his family when he was a baby. Candles were lit to remember those lost.
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