patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

Branded On My Arm

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Never Again: A First-Person's Story of Holocaust Survival

Abe Landau's experience endures in a book presented to the Belmont Public Library.

Six million Jews were murdered in World War II, one-and-a-half million of them children. As Israelis do every year, on April 19 at 10 a.m., they will step out of their cars on highways, or leave offices, schools and shops for a silent vigil. Air raid sirens will wail during Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. Here in Belmont, along with a memorial service at the Beth El Temple Center, the Beth El Brotherhood distributes Holocaust memorial candles to the Congregation. The Brotherhood uses donations from the candles to support organizations honoring the victims, teaching Holocaust history or examining the dangers of anti-Semitism and despotism.   This year, they are donating a book, a Holocaust memoir, to local libraries and schools. In …

Got a Hot Tip?