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today, 27th january, is holocaust memorial day.

on this day, we remember the killing of 6 million jews in the most devastating moment of our history - the people we know by name, and those whose names have been lost.

i'd like to draw attention to some charities; please consider supporting their work.

85% of jews killed in the holocaust were yiddish speakers. YIVO preserve & teach yiddish. additionally, they host 23 million items in their east european jewry archive - the largest repository of its kind (a number of these materials were rescued from nazi book burnings.)

approximately one-third of israeli holocaust survivors live in poverty. the blue card foundation provide support for these survivors, including food, accessibility renovations, medical/dental treatments & more.

studies have shown that education systems fail to adequately teach younger generations about the holocaust, resulting in worrying statistics (source 1, source 2). the holocaust educational trust are working to improve the quality of holocaust education in the united kingdom.

the united states holocaust museum preserve holocaust evidence & provide educational services. with a $50 donation, you can provide classroom resources for 150 students.

(for more information about holocaust education, visit this website. the AHO consists of almost 400 foundations & individuals striving for the international advancement of holocaust teaching, remembrance and research.)

today, we pledge ourselves to remember.

we pledge ourselves not to forget.

& we say: לעולם לא שוב. never again.

From Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services: Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We gather to mourn the 6 million Jews, 500,000 Romani, and countless others who were murdered for who they were, along with victims of all other genocides both past and present. The long term genealogical ramifications of genocide are hard to imagine. In this infographic prepared by co-founder Caitlin Hollander, you can see just how significant the scale of loss truly is for the Jewish community long-term.

In case you didn’t know/as a reminder, do not use the word ‘Holocaust’, seeing as the word implies a ritualistic ‘holy’ burning/sacrifice in Greek. Neither Germans nor German and European Jews use the word anymore. Instead the word that is used and that you should use is ‘Shoah’.

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מיר וועלן זיי איבערלעבן

we will outlive them

Slowly realizing that I was taught twice as much about the bubonic plague than I was about the shoah. I feel like that's telling. We never learned anything about the shoah specifically, just that the axis and allied powers existed, that Pearl Harbor happened, and we won. Because those are, apparently, the only important parts of WWII