Why we remember the Holocaust?
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Dear Jean-Christophe,
At the Museum’s dedication in 1993, Elie Wiesel told the crowd:
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| Liberators at the Capitol Rotunda during Days of Remembrance in 2010 |
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. For not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are also responsible for what we are doing with those memories.”
If you saw the video of Elie Wiesel that Museum Director Sara Bloomfield sent a few weeks ago, you understand the urgency of Elie’s words. This spring the Museum honors Elie Wiesel with the inaugural United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Award for his extraordinary contributions to humanity. You still have time to send him a note of appreciation.
The Museum continues to fulfill its mandate by leading the annual National Days of Remembrance, May 1-8, 2011. Here in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country, people of all backgrounds will come together to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. The Museum is assisting hundreds of elected officials and thousands of United States military lead commemorations of the Holocaust in their communities and on military bases across the globe. To easily locate Days of Remembrance activities occurring near you, view our map.
In this time of remembrance, the Museum is focusing on memories of children—the world’s most vulnerable victims of war and genocide. Remember Me? is a far-reaching online effort to identify 1,100 photos of children displaced during the Holocaust. I’m happy to report that the public has already helped us identify 40 of these children (now adults living all over the world). Details about many other photos continue to pour in and will be shared on the Remember Me? Web site and via Facebook and Twitter. Please visit the site today and tell your family and friends about this important project.
Finally, a special thank you to more than a thousand of you who have submitted your notes of appreciation to Elie Wiesel. Here is one that touched me and my colleagues at the Museum.
“I honor you for being the voice of millions who cannot speak for themselves. I hope that you yourself can find peace and comfort in knowing that millions stand with you—we will not forget.”
Sincerely,
Lorna Miles
Chief Marketing Officer
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
African SurViVors International (ASI) is an international nonpartisan charity organization devoted to defending human rights. It’s an organization working to promote democracy and national reconciliation, inside countries of the African Great lakes Region.
ASI centers its work on the twin concepts of freedom of self-determination and freedom from tyranny. These ideals include the belief that all human beings have the rights to speak freely, to associate with those of like mind, and to leave and enter their countries. Individuals in a free society must be accorded equal treatment and due process under law, and must have the opportunity to participate in the governments of their countries;
ASI’s ideals likewise find expression in the conviction that all human beings have the right to be free from arbitrary detainment or exile and from interference and coercion in matters of conscience. ASI does not support nor condone violence.
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