It's Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, and here's an uplifting video about a remarkable 108-year-old Shoah survivor and very gifted pianist, Alice Herz Sommer, now resident in London.
Today on Yom HaShoah I would like to pay tribute to the Allied Forces who were given the task of liberating the concentration and work camps in Europe
I have been thinking about my late father-in-law, who was in the 4th Armoured Division of the Coldstream Guards, which was part of the Allied Forces, who liberated Bergen Belsen. The nightmare of which was with him until the day he died aged 93.
Here's a message from the Hon Julia Gillard and Peter Wertheim AM. Exec. Dir. of the ECAJ
Today on Yom HaShoah I would like to pay tribute to the Allied Forces who were given the task of liberating the concentration and work camps in Europe
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking about my late father-in-law, who was in the 4th Armoured Division of the Coldstream Guards, which was part of the Allied Forces, who liberated Bergen Belsen. The nightmare of which was with him until the day he died aged 93.
Here's a message from the Hon Julia Gillard and Peter Wertheim AM. Exec. Dir. of the ECAJ
http://www.jwire.com.au/news/pm-sends-a-message-on-yom-hashoah/22166
Thank you, Shirlee.
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