![]() I cannot claim to understand the horror and the pain experienced by Friedländer’s parents – or by himself or by so many other victim of the Holocaust.įriedländer’s speech therefore made one thing clear to me: If we want to keep the memory of the Shoah alive in the future, we have to adapt to a new era: An era in which most people lack the experience or connections to the past to imagine how it was to live through Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust.Īt the same time, this task is crucial. The truth is: For someone like me, born in 1980 and living in today’s Germany, this question is beyond imagination. How would I have felt as a mother leaving them behind like that? I was thinking of my own daughters, six and ten years old. Describing the moment they separated, Friedländer thought back to his mother and father: “What were they feeling when they saw their little boy fighting to stay with them – and then being taken away ?”Īt this point, many in the chamber, including myself, had tears in their eyes. They decided to hide him in a boarding school – alone. At some point, his parents considered the journey too dangerous for their son who was then only nine years old. In the speech, he recounted how his family fled across Europe from the Nazis. Rabbi Brian Serle, the rabbi for the Congregation Sons of Abraham of La Crosse, Wis., served as the featured guest speaker and presenter for the event that was organized by the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office.Three years ago, the historian Saul Friedländer gave a speech to the German Bundestag on Holocaust Remembrance Day – and to this day his words resonate in my mind. Ana Guzman gives opening remarks during the 2023 Fort McCoy Holocaust Days of Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance Day observance at chapel building 2672 at Fort McCoy, Wis. (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 10 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – ![]() (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 9 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 8 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 7 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 6 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 5 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) In 2023, it was observed from April 16-23. The Days of Remembrance, according to, is observed every year in April and May and is a week-long commemoration of the Holocaust. According to the National Archives at International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau - the largest Nazi concentration and death camp. Serle served as the featured guest speaker and presenter for the event that was organized by the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office. Rabbi Brian Serle, the rabbi for the Congregation Sons of Abraham of La Crosse, Wis., gives his presentation during the 2023 Fort McCoy Holocaust Days of Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance Day observance at chapel building 2672 at Fort McCoy, Wis. (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Rabbi Brian Serle, the rabbi for the Congregation Sons of Abraham of La Crosse, Wis., served as the featured guest speaker and presenter for the event that was organized by the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office. Fort McCoy community members participate in the 2023 Holocaust Days of Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance Day observance at chapel building 2672 at Fort McCoy, Wis.
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