COB Speicher just held a Day of Remembrance ceremony for the victims of the Holocaust. It was very nice. It was somewhat sparsely attended, but it was quite moving nonetheless. On of the LTs was the MC. There was an invocation by a local chaplain followed by a presentation video from the Holocaust museum. Again, quite moving. The MC then spoke well about the theme of "what you do matters" and recited the famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller. Then there was a ceremony where 7 candles were lit, for the women, the resisters, the children, the non-Jews, the survivors, the world, and the last one for those who continue to stand up to tyranny. This ceremony was followed by a speech by one of the Jewish soldiers there (possibly the only other one beside myself) who spoke movingly about the importance of remembering the past and our role in preventing the re-occurrence of such a genocide.
(I understand that there was some sort of ceremony on JBB as well.)
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