Comments on: Holocaust Memorial Day http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:35:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22494 CherryPie Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:39:21 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22494 These things live within us after we have seen them don't they... These things live within us after we have seen them don’t they…

]]> By: Astrid http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22480 Astrid Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:31:59 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22480 We have a memorial in Amsterdam in an old Jewish building, also, uncountable names are on the wall of people that never returned. You don't need a picture. When I close my eyes, I still see all the images.......... We have a memorial in Amsterdam in an old Jewish building, also, uncountable names are on the wall of people that never returned. You don’t need a picture. When I close my eyes, I still see all the images……….

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22469 CherryPie Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:47:36 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22469 Auschwitz is a place I know I have to visit and I know it is a place where I will feel the memories. A few years ago I traveled to Prague and one of the places that I visited was the old Jewish Cemetery. To get in to the cemetery you had to enter through Pinkas Synagogue, it is now a memorial to all the Jewish Czechoslovak citizens who were imprisoned in Terezin concentration camp and later deported to various Nazi concentration camps. On the walls of the Synagogue are the names of 77,297 people who didn't return! There was no way I could take a photo of that sea of names and there were tears in my heart as I walked through. Auschwitz is a place I know I have to visit and I know it is a place where I will feel the memories.

A few years ago I traveled to Prague and one of the places that I visited was the old Jewish Cemetery. To get in to the cemetery you had to enter through Pinkas Synagogue, it is now a memorial to all the Jewish Czechoslovak citizens who were imprisoned in Terezin concentration camp and later deported to various Nazi concentration camps. On the walls of the Synagogue are the names of 77,297 people who didn’t return!

There was no way I could take a photo of that sea of names and there were tears in my heart as I walked through.

]]> By: Astrid http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22465 Astrid Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:19:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22465 I have to admit that I did not know about this holocaust memorial day. In 1987, still the Iron Curtain, I visited the Auschwitz Museum. I looked with my eyes, took no pictures, I just could not. I bought a book about it. I entered that gate........The feel of torture and death is still there. My grandmother was from Leipzig East Germany), she was not able to visit her relatives until after she was 65 years old, she got a week pass..... Too many things go through my mind now. People who dare to say 'nothing happened' should go to Auschwitz and walk the grounds. Wonderful post. I have to admit that I did not know about this holocaust memorial day.
In 1987, still the Iron Curtain, I visited the Auschwitz Museum. I looked with my eyes, took no pictures, I just could not. I bought a book about it.
I entered that gate……..The feel of torture and death is still there.
My grandmother was from Leipzig East Germany), she was not able to visit her relatives until after she was 65 years old, she got a week pass…..
Too many things go through my mind now.
People who dare to say ‘nothing happened’ should go to Auschwitz and walk the grounds.
Wonderful post.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22458 CherryPie Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:33:03 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22458 As we have discussed before both sides there are as bad as each other. But that isn't the only place either there are many atrocities going on in the world. As we have discussed before both sides there are as bad as each other. But that isn’t the only place either there are many atrocities going on in the world.

]]> By: james higham http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22436 james higham Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:10:10 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22436 And still it goes on, even today in Israel, beset by enemies. And still it goes on, even today in Israel, beset by enemies.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22432 CherryPie Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:22:20 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22432 As a nation we don't commemorate the day. But on an individual level many of the people I know mark/commemorate the day. As you say, we should always remember. Remembering is the only way we can even hope to not repeat the mistakes of the past. As a nation we don’t commemorate the day. But on an individual level many of the people I know mark/commemorate the day. As you say, we should always remember.

Remembering is the only way we can even hope to not repeat the mistakes of the past.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22430 CherryPie Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:17:31 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22430 Thank you for visiting and taking time to comment. I agree that we must never forget, and always live with compassion and love. Thank you for visiting and taking time to comment.

I agree that we must never forget, and always live with compassion and love.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22429 CherryPie Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:15:26 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22429 Yes... Yes…

]]> By: Marcie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22422 Marcie Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:53:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9938#comment-22422 Do you celebrate - in the UK - holocaust memorial day now? Here - in the US - we celebrate it in April..and call it as Yom Ha'Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). And - may we always remember..and never forget. Thank-you for sharing this powerful post! Do you celebrate – in the UK – holocaust memorial day now? Here – in the US – we celebrate it in April..and call it as Yom Ha’Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). And – may we always remember..and never forget. Thank-you for sharing this powerful post!

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