[Jewish] Yom HaShoa

[Elizabeth Asher Goldstein]

Save the date: April 19, 7:30 PM

Prior to the Nazi rise to power in 1933, there were nine million European Jews.
By 1945, the Nazis had killed approximately two out of every three Jews across
the Nazi-occupied Europe. Along with the 6 million, the Nazis murdered 200,000
Roma, 200,000 disabled, and the list goes on.
The Holocaust marks an important moment for humanity. The term "Genocide" did
not even exist until 1945. Remembering the cries of "Never Again!" that arose
from the people all over the world in the days following the Holocaust, we now
honor the memories of survivors from all over.
During the Argentine Dirty War (1976-1983), 20,000 people were "disappeared."
After the war, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report was named "Nunca
Mas," another plea that genocide happen "never again." In the 1990's, genocides
in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia were happening almost simultaneously, naming
1994 "the year the world did nothing." Over the last six years, about 450,000
people have been killed in Darfur, and the violence continues, and the list
goes on.

This year, we not only commemorate Yom HaShoa (the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance
Day), but April 2009 has been named "Genocide Prevention Month."

On April 19 at 7:30, JSU will screening the movie "Europa, Europa," a film about
a German Jewish boy who joins the Nazi ranks to survive the Holocaust. Following
the film, there will be time to talk about the movie, the Holocaust, genocide,
and what we can do to prevent having to cry, "Never Again!" yet again.