Alaska Jewish Museum commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska Jewish Museum works to maintain Jewish historical past alive on Jan. 27 particularly, to commemorate Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Rabbi Yosef Greenberg spoke in regards to the significance of Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“Right this moment is not only a day of remembrance. It’s greater than that,” Greenberg mentioned. “Right this moment is a day of reflection for all of humanity.”

Every passing 12 months pushes the occasions of the Holocaust additional into the previous, however Rabbi Greenberg believes that particular days akin to Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Day are nonetheless vital.

“If it occurred as soon as, it probably might occur once more,” Greenberg mentioned.

The United Nations chosen Jan. 27 as a tribute to historic occasions that came about Jan. 27 of 1945, when the Allied forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, a focus camp and killing heart.

“There are individuals strolling round that select to not actually carry it again, and there are people who have chosen to recollect and to talk out,” Alaska Jewish Museum Curator Leslie Fried mentioned.

Fried spoke in regards to the highly effective impression working within the museum has on her, and the importance of normal remembrance of this darkish interval in historical past.

“We can’t overlook,” Fried remarked.

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