Starting Sunday and every day until April 14 the Holocaust Museum will host “Names Reading.” Sunday April 11 was Holocaust Remembrance Day and the first of the Days of Remembrance, which commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps and the millions who died in them. Congress established the Days of Remembrance, which are hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a commemoration of the Holocaust.
A ceremony to honor surviving American soldiers who freed the prisoners from Auschwitz concentration camp is set for April 15 in the Capitol Rotunda.
Lore Schneider, whose family escaped Germany before war broke out, came to read names on Sunday. She said she likes to stay involved with the museum and considers it her way of paying back for her freedom: “The United States let us in. If anybody doesn’t know or doesn’t believe it, we are there to tell the story.”
Mrs. Schneider’s family escaped Europe to Washington, D.C. in the late 1930s. One of her uncles died in the camps and another survived the Dachau concentration camp. Another was taken away in the night. Her father, who practiced law in Germany before escaping, prepared cases against war criminals for the Nuremberg trials. Despite not suffering directly in the concentration camps she is a designated Holocaust Survivor. She would not have been born had her parents not escaped it. The number of Holocaust survivors continues to dwindle as the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camps approaches. Lore Schneider said she will continue to be involved, “As long as I can, I will.”
Carolyn Tebo, a long time museum volunteer who also came to read names Sunday, said it is important to remember, “What can happen when people hate, and what shouldn’t happen with any group of people.” She had just finished reading a long list of Holocaust victims.
Ms. Tebo, who speaks publicly about the Holocaust, decided to come on Sunday rather than during the week so she could bring her two granddaughters for the experience. Ms. Tebo has volunteered for the Holocaust Memorial Museum for 20 years, back when the current museum was not built. She said she has always felt the Holocaust was a great injustice. She traces her connection back to neighbors she had as a child growing up in Washington, D.C. The neighbors escaped Nazi Europe but lost family during the war. The husband survived terrible beatings by the Nazis. “It is very important—the message of the museum—which is how to treat people,” said Ms. Tebo.
Daily name reading takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through April 14 on the second floor in the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Hall of Remembrance.
A ceremony to honor surviving American soldiers who freed the prisoners from Auschwitz concentration camp is set for April 15 in the Capitol Rotunda.
Lore Schneider, whose family escaped Germany before war broke out, came to read names on Sunday. She said she likes to stay involved with the museum and considers it her way of paying back for her freedom: “The United States let us in. If anybody doesn’t know or doesn’t believe it, we are there to tell the story.”
Mrs. Schneider’s family escaped Europe to Washington, D.C. in the late 1930s. One of her uncles died in the camps and another survived the Dachau concentration camp. Another was taken away in the night. Her father, who practiced law in Germany before escaping, prepared cases against war criminals for the Nuremberg trials. Despite not suffering directly in the concentration camps she is a designated Holocaust Survivor. She would not have been born had her parents not escaped it. The number of Holocaust survivors continues to dwindle as the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camps approaches. Lore Schneider said she will continue to be involved, “As long as I can, I will.”
Carolyn Tebo, a long time museum volunteer who also came to read names Sunday, said it is important to remember, “What can happen when people hate, and what shouldn’t happen with any group of people.” She had just finished reading a long list of Holocaust victims.
Ms. Tebo, who speaks publicly about the Holocaust, decided to come on Sunday rather than during the week so she could bring her two granddaughters for the experience. Ms. Tebo has volunteered for the Holocaust Memorial Museum for 20 years, back when the current museum was not built. She said she has always felt the Holocaust was a great injustice. She traces her connection back to neighbors she had as a child growing up in Washington, D.C. The neighbors escaped Nazi Europe but lost family during the war. The husband survived terrible beatings by the Nazis. “It is very important—the message of the museum—which is how to treat people,” said Ms. Tebo.
Daily name reading takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through April 14 on the second floor in the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Hall of Remembrance.
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