Comments on: IN HONOR OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

By: Christopher Scott

Christopher Scott — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:07:14 +0000

I have always been moved by what happened in during WW2…the inhumanity and destruction… done to so many. I have had a defiance, for injustice done to another for as long as I remember, and have read many heart wrenching stories of that time period that has caused insurmountable waste,death, and sadness.
I enjoyed reading your story about “Jack and Roza” and feel it was divine intervention that they met, and then fell in love but most of all survived.
I feel this story is about the determination and chance of survival, the bond and dedication of love beyond indifference ,that love overcomes all odds, a “Triumph of the Spirit” Our pledge must be to do all things possible to be better human beings in our time by communicating, understanding,and eventually acceptance of each other. Hopefully with these in place… we will have unity and equality in our lifetime.
C. Scott

By: Tony Hockley

Tony Hockley — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:45:55 +0000

I find Daniels comment ‘To never forget is not enough’ quite awe-inspiring. I am not Jewish but I believe he is right. I can only echo his view that NOBODY should be allowed to forget. For me it’s not a jewish or German matter. It’s a human matter. I despair of the next generation (I was born in 1961 in England and every word that came out of an adults mouth for the first ten years of my life started with either ‘before the war’ or ‘during the war’) and whilst that was funny for Uncle Albert in ‘only fools and horses’ it was never funny in real life. I sincerely hope I’m wrong and that the generations to come have more mettle than I think they have. Because if we forget………..God help us all.

Tom Hockley
England

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:05:35 +0000

Thank you for letting me take this journey with you!
It is an honour.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:59:51 +0000

This is quite an insightful piece to me, as it depicts the relationship between the younger and newer generations to the Holocaust. I personally visited Poland and the concentration camps therein with a school trip. I must admit now that at the tender age of seventeen, I was nowhere nearly mature enough to grasp the gravity of the experience and the meaning of what I saw. Traveling with six survivors and having them each recount their tales in painful agony as they walked through places that could only remind them of the horrors of their past, I can now only look back and understand what the Holocaust meant. To never forget is not enough. Our obligation, not only as Jews, but as human beings, is to ensure that NOBODY ever forgets. With that, I must give my appreciation to Mr. Kent, for his role as the new family historian, he will and must have an effect for lasting generations to come. I wish you luck in your newly-acquired task and thank you for your pledge to commemorate and preserve the memory of this history.

By: Margo

Margo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:49:52 +0000

This was so wonderful to read!!! This should never be forgotten…this was beautiful..It is my desire to one day to travel to see these places..

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:18:37 +0000

very well written and thought provoking

By: David

David — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:30:34 +0000

Beautiful story. Your connection is one every Jewish person should experience and the history is one that will never be forgotten.

By: michelle fc

michelle fc — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:52:11 +0000

Here in the Philippines, I actually have seen a lot of WWII movies depicting that horrible time in history, and I cried watching them. I can’t even describe how heart-wrenching it was to see actual footage of those events and seeing the victims’ actual faces as they were herded into mass grave, aware of their fate once they were in there. I felt their fear. I had nightmares after weeks of seeing Hitler and the rest of the Nazis’ faces. National Geographic Channel aired those shows over and over for about a couple of months.

But now NGC’s shows have gotten more specific… like for instance, “Masters of Death,” which is a film that tells the story of perhaps the most horrific chapter of the Holocaust. it had actual footage too. And interviews with those who miraculously survived the death squads after winding up in mass graves; NGC also aired “Hitler’s Secret Bunkers”; “Nazi Scrapbooks From Hell”; and even “42 Ways To Kill Hitler,” which focused on all the failed attempts to kill Hitler and the consequences brought upon those behind the attempts.

By: Hugo Carmona

Hugo Carmona — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:39:38 +0000

Touching. My mother raised me in a Catholic household, though I never quite fully understood my religion. I can relate to the “lack of connection” you said you used to feel in synagogues. Stories like this one make me want to reconnect with my faith. I wish you success on the rest of your journey.

By: Heather Cate

Heather Cate — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:43:46 +0000

Thank you. Beautiful. Please keep going. And may your journey be a blessing upon you.