International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018

In memory of my family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins - I remember today and every day. Hold the dead in your hearts and NEVER forget. 

In memory of the 6 Million Jews systematically killed in
World War II, I remember on this date of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. Auschwitz is where most of
my family met their end. I will never forget.  

Many were transported to the camps packed in boxcars, sometimes
packed in so tightly that some suffocated from lax of space to breathe. 

Music saved the life of my Aunt. Instead of being shipped to
Auschwitz, she was shipped to Theresienstadt (Terezin) because
she was an opera singer. There, she sang for her life. She survived, but
she never forgot those terrifying days. 

So today I remember my family - those who lived, those who died
in the camps, and those who died fighting with the Resistance. Heroes,
every one of them. I miss them every day.