Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day or Holocaust Remembrance Day) begins the evening of April 7, through April 8. It is the annual observance to commemorate the victims of the Shoah (the Holocaust), the genocide of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and their collaborators. During this period, it is appropriate to light candles in memory of those who perished. It is also a time to remember those who survived and to recount their stories. The following photos and articles taken from our archive depict some of the past local Holocaust programs and stories.
Pictured L-r in preparation for Rabbi Dresner’s speech at the Memorial Program for Warsaw Jews are committee members Jean Abramowitz, William Offenberg, Joseph Walkowitz, Philip Blender and Moe Liss. Year unknown.
Nathan and Helen Offen telling the story of their uniting with the family who hid Helen from the Nazis during WW II. Photos taken1989
Richard Chrisman, co-chairman of the Marathon Committee, lights the memorial menorah at the ceremony dedicating the Holocaust Center at the YM-YWHA in Wayne. Photo taken late 1970s.
Program pamphlet for the 32nd Commemoration of the “Warsaw Ghetto-Holocaust and Resistance” exhibit viewed at the Fair Lawn Public Library from March 30 thru April 6, 1975.
Holocaust survivor Abe Citrin, center, being escorted by his granddaughters Michelle Citrin on the left and Gabriella Citrin on the right at the April, 2015 Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel’s Yom HaShoah memorial service. Stuart Alper, the program’s co-chair, is on the left.