Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Different events and memorials will be taking place throughout the day, especially at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Museum. This morning in class, our Archeology professor, before beginning with his lecture was speaking of this day adding, “It is important for us to remember so that we do not make the same mistakes in history.”
At 10am, a two-minute siren wailed nationwide as Israel commemorated the annual “Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day.” When this siren blows on this day, everything stops, including traffic - some drivers actually get out of their cars and stand to honor the 6 million victims. As soon as the siren began, Archeology class stopped, and we all stood in silence for a couple minutes.
It is important to remember.
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1 comment:
So true and sad. Thanks for the reminders. May we never forget...
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