Holocaust Remembrance Day starts and ends at sundown on April 15 and 16 in commemoration of the Jews who suffered during the Holocaust.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the day every April, called Yom HaShoah, when people commemorate those Jews killed in the Holocaust,\u201d Jamie Fries, professor of humanities, said.
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\nHolocaust means destruction of life by fire,” Fries said.11 to 12 million people were murdered by the Nazi regime. \u201cSix million of them were Jews,\u201d Fries said.
\nAnna Bucy, adjunct faculty of humanities and government, said this was a time when humans were simply murdered and tortured for being who they were.
\n\u201cIt was a time when humanity failed,\u201d Bucy said.
\nShe said Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to celebrate the resilience of those who survived and those who died fighting.
\n\u201cTo me, it\u2019s a time to remember the lives and untold potential lost during the murderous rampage of a sociopath,\u201d Bucy said.
\nShe said nearly all European Jews were murdered or driven out of their land. Many people died fighting a true evil, according to Bucy.<\/p>\n
Although not Jewish, Bucy had Czech family who fled the Nazis. She said she encourages people to watch survivor stories because the firsthand accounts are dying daily.
\n\u201cThere are many [stories] on YouTube from local survivors,\u201d Bucy said. \u201c We must all bear witness to their horror so we can be more human, more humane, to each other.\u201d
\nFries said moments of silence, candle lighting and scripture reading are all ways to observe this holiday.
\n\u201cThis is an opportunity each year to commemorate the senseless deaths caused by Nazi Germany, and to reflect upon mankind\u2019s capacities for both good and evil,\u201d Fries said.
\nFries is also the Chair of the Sinclair Holocaust Committee. She said the committee provides the campus and the community with educational and commemorative opportunities regarding the Holocaust.
\nShe said they welcome new members, staff and the community to join so they can learn about the Holocaust.
\n\u201cI also teach a course called Holocaust and Genocide each spring with the committee\u2019s educational events scheduled to coincide with my class schedule,\u201d Fries said.
\nShe said the only way we can better our future is by learning about the past of the Holocaust and understanding humans.
\n\u201cOnly if we understand how human beings\u2014most of them not monsters, but regular human beings\u2014perpetrated this atrocity can we even begin to hope that we might put an end to future examples of genocide,\u201d Fries said.
\nBucy said Holocaust Remembrance Day should be about honoring the lives lost to the genocide, along with making an effort to make the world a better place.
\n\u201cAcceptance, education and love will solve the world\u2019s problems in ways no wars can. The best way to remember is honestly seek the truth about the horrors in this world\u2014Do anything, even a small thing, to make the world better,\u201d Bucy said. \u201cThose seeking to separate, dominate and control cannot be successful without our compliance and ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabrielle Sharp
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