January 27th is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

 

The Holocaust

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) defines the Holocaust as the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. During the Holocaust, German authorities targeted groups because of perceived racial and biological inferiority: Roma (Gypsies), people with disabilities, and those of Slavic background (Poles and Russians). Other groups persecuted on political, ideological, and behavioral grounds included Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and those in the LGBTQ community.

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day is a solemn occasion to reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust and to strengthen our commitment to preventing such atrocities from ever occurring again. 

 

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Gratitude beyond Measure

By Sarah Lyon


By Sarah Lyon

When they give you their sympathies,
You may smile and say thanks,


But they don’t know what you’ve seen.
They don’t know what you’ve lost,
they don’t understand the cost.


Family torn apart,
surviving with a broken heart.


Your story is an incredible one,
One we could only begin to imagine.
One that I can’t even fathom.
But your strength through it all
Is what really outshines and stands tall.


So to you I want to say, you’re amazing.
Thank you for sharing what you’ve seen,
even when you were at the tender age of a
teen.


For that time may have taken so much,
but I’m so glad we’re in touch.

 

References

Lincoln, M. (2020). Never a Bystander & Other Enduring Lessons for Holocaust Remembrance. Knowledge Quest, 49(2), 44–51.