http://worldtothewise.net Home of the Culturally Curious Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:03:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://worldtothewise.net/2009/04/21/a-memory-to-stop-traffic/ http://worldtothewise.net/2009/04/21/a-memory-to-stop-traffic/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:12:00 +0000 admin http://worldtothewise.net/http:/worldtothewise.net/culturaltours
Imagine the hustle and bustle of morning rush hour and the accompanying noise — like any other day — being suddenly interrupted by the wail of a siren. The overpowering sound of the siren then gives way to complete silence, as drivers get out of their cars, pedestrians stop in their tracks, and all that is heard is the wind as everyone stands stone still for two long minutes of silent remembrance.

That’s exactly what happened today as Israelis, joined by other Jews around the world, stopped to remember when the unthinkable happened. Thousands — Holocaust survivors, teenagers, Jews and a few Gentiles, joined in the March of the Living at Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland, where 1.1 million people, 90% of whom were Jews, were exterminated by the Nazi regime.

Any Jewish parent wants his or her children to know about and remember the Holocaust.

How about you, my Gentile friend?

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