Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 at Beit Terezin

20.05.2019 / 15:47 | Aktualizováno: 20.05.2019 / 16:00

On Holocaust Memorial Day 2019, a memorial ceremony was held at Beit Terezin, Marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. 

The ceremony was attended by survivors of the ghetto, Mr Martin Stropnicky, the Czech Republic Ambassador in Israel, Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer, the Ambassador of Germany, Mr. Peter Holy, the Consul of Slovakia in Israel, head of the Regional Council Emek Hefer Dr. Galit Shaul, Soldiers and officers from the School for Combat Fitness (Bahad 8) Fire fighters from Hof District, members of the association, members of the Beit El community  and school students.

The ceremony was accompanied by touching songs by the singer Einat Azulay and the Beit el school choir who at the end of the song gave a symbolic red rose from Germans to Jews. 

Six torches were lit by survivors of Ghetto Theresienstadt, three of them were sent to the ghetto when they were children and three were born in the ghetto and miraculously survived:

Esther Bagienski, Gershon Miller, Dvora Ben-Yehuda, Michal Bar, Dr. Michael Viener and Talma Segal.

The life story of the torchbearers can be read in the contact sheets, at the link> https://bit.ly/2HF0QOs

 

Holocaust Day 2019

 

Holocaust Day 2019