There’s a new movement to celebrate Holocaust Survivor Day on June 24. This new initiative is being spearheaded in Poland, from where many of the survivors came, where they suffered, and where their families and entire communities were slaughtered. Unlike Holocaust Memorial Day when we mourn the six million Jews who were murdered, this day is dedicated to celebrating and encouraging the survivors.
On Tuesday, GOP leaders condemned comments made by Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene comparing the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany to mask mandates and vaccine passports in the United States.
For Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust survivors took to social media to fight against growing anti-Semitism.
In late January, Holocaust survivor Eric Schwam passed away at age 90. According to a BBC article, Schwam, a native of Vienna, arrived in Le Chambon in 1943, a refugee along with his mother, father, and grandfather. There, the people of the village kept him and his family safe from the Nazis. After the war, Schwam eventually returned to Austria to live a quiet life. However, he never forgot the people of Le Chambon for saving his life. In fact, he left the town more than $2 million in a bequest.
At a Zoom conference hosted by Christian Solidarity Worldwide U.K. and the René Cassin Foundation, members discussed the persecution Uyghurs are experiencing in China, stating that it was "far too familiar" to the persecution of Jewish people during the Holocaust.
According to a new poll, nearly 2/3 of young adults in American were unaware of how many Jews were of the Holocaust. The poll also showed 15 percent of young American adults believe the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust was exaggerated.
Historical ignorance not only prevents us from learning from the evils of the past, we risk not even being able to recognize the evils of the past when they reemerge in our time.
If you influence anyone for the Lord after being influenced by someone else, that person’s ministry continues through you as well. This is one reason our Lord measures success by faithfulness rather than popularity.
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (Jan. 27), the time has come to turn the sorrow into song.
At the end of last week, Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Israel to remember the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
