More than 150 marched while another 100 Holocaust survivor descendants, sympathizers, and...
, carrying signs that read “We will not be silent,” “Remembering, Reconciling, Taking A Stand,” and other messages of solidarity with the Jewish people.
Jerome herself is the child of Holocaust survivors rescued by Christians in Hungary. Most of her family was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, she said.A 2022 audit of antisemitic events published by the Anti-Defamation League“This is the third time in the past five years that the year-end total has been the highest number ever recorded,” the report shows. The league has been tracking antisemitic incidents since 1979.
His grandfather from his mother’s side was a member of the SA, or Sturmabteilung, a paramilitary organization that played a critical role in the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party and the precursors to the SS. His grandmother from the other side of the family was hiding a half-Jewish boy who later became his godfather.Hennig said the U.S.-created miniseries, “Holocaust”, in the 1970s created a stir across the pond.
As he grew older, he sought documents about his grandfather. He had always heard their family were victims of the Russians who invaded and took their grandfather’s home and money. “He also helped to build the gas chambers,” she said. She believes he was responsible for 1 million deaths. She has visited Auschwitz several times and said each trip was heartbreaking.
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