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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Posted on April 27, 2014 by vanbraman

Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day began a few hours ago at sundown. Since this is a Jewish holiday it does not have a set date on our modern calendar. Yom HaShoah is on the 27th of Nissan, but since … Continue reading →

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Buchenwald Liberation

Posted on April 11, 2013 by vanbraman

Today was the anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration camp near Weimar, Germany on April 11, 1945. Earlier this week was Holocaust Remembrance Day or Yom HaShoah. I had not planned on writing another post this week about … Continue reading →

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