Debra Messing Instagram – Today is Yom HaShoah.
Holocaust Remembrance Day.
I can’t imagine a more important moment to remember and honor the 6 million Jewish lives lost.
Rounded up, taken hostage, turned to ash.
We, the generation whose grandparents survived the Holocaust, were reminded continually growing up, that 1/3 of all the Jews on the globe were exterminated, while good people stayed silent.
We were told “Never again.”
And we believed it.
Oct 7 woke us all up to the reality that the ancient hatred of Jews is still alive with us.
People deny this genocide happened.
Which is a massacre of the soul.
The last remaining Holocaust survivors, one of whom is in the terror tunnels in Gaza, wear their numbers on their arms, tell vivid stories of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald and all the other death camps.
They are living proof. They are walking miracles. They carry the memories and stories of all their (our) family members who were murdered because they were Jews.
We must never stop sharing their stories. We must never erase, ignore, or diminish the worst atrocity in the history of the world.
We must teach children the lived history.
Bring them to a Holocaust Memorial Museum.
There are 16 in the United States, and in 47 countries worldwide.
Teach your children well.
I have the honor of wearing a replica of the Star of David that Jackie Cohen’s grandmother Julia wore as she escaped the Nazis. I saw her wearing it and encouraged her to replicate this heirloom as a way for all of us to be able to carry the history with us. Thank you Jackie. And thank you for giving a donation from the proceeds of every sale to support the troops in Israel as they complete their mission of saving both Israelis and Palestinians from the terror of Hamas.
May Hashem keep them safe, bring the hostages home safely, and end this devastating and unnecessary war. May we share the land in peace, and may this be an end to the hatred.
To everyone who has lost someone in the Holocaust, may their memory be a blessing. Please share remembrances of your family in the comments.✡️
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