Jacksonville Holocaust Memorial commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day by highlighting stories of survivors living in Northeast Florida. The day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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JSO officer’s actions were ‘unprovoked,’ ‘egregious,’ says attorney for child who was tackled off e-bike at skate park Read full article: JSO officer’s actions were ‘unprovoked,’ ‘egregious,’ says attorney for child who was tackled off e-bike at skate parkMan drowns in lake off New Berlin Road while trying to retrieve phone: JSO – Jacksonville Holocaust Memorial commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day by highlighting stories of survivors living in Northeast Florida.The LJD Jewish Family and Community Services hosted a panel where several Holocaust survivors and their families discussed the atrocities that occurred many years ago. Holocaust survivors Morris Bendit and Manfred Katz, along with Cecilia Cristol, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, spoke on the panel. Bendit shared his story with News4JAX about when he was less than a year old, and his family was taken to a ghetto in Ukraine during the Holocaust. “From there, we were taken, after a couple of weeks, we were taken to a province called Transnistria, which was also in the Ukraine, 16,000 square miles, and it was designated to annihilate Jews,” he explained. Cristol’s mother, escaped Romania and immigrated to New Zealand with the help of two Baptist ministers. She shared that for many years her mother didn’t view herself as a survivor because she didn’t get sent to a concentration camp. “In order to leave Europe, they had to sell everything. She remembers her parents constantly having to buy pounds to get out of Europe. And the price of the pound kept going up,” said Cristol. “So she would come home from school and there would be rugs missing, clothes missing, jewelry was sold, everything was sold. She also remembers having to go to the insane asylum outside of town, her and her mother, to prove that they were sane.” Bendit described the harsh conditions, saying his family had to walk between towns in the cold and starvation. Sadly, two-thirds of his family did not survive.“We’re not going to be here forever to talk about it,” Bendit said. “I realized the older generations that survived the Holocaust were not going to be here forever.”“There was a time, especially after the last camp, I was thoroughly convinced that I was not going to survive because people were dying around me,” he said. “Somehow in my head, I said to myself, not today, maybe tomorrow, but not today. And of course when tomorrow came, I repeated, not the day, that’s how I survived. I have no other properties or talents that made me survive.” Bendit feels a sense of importance in continuing to share his story, especially with the ongoing issue of anti-Semitism. “Every time I do speak, I get a knot in my stomach...It brings back the past by talking... So I feel obligated to myself to keep talking,” he said.Ariel Schiller joined the News4Jax team as an evening reporter in September of 2023. She comes to Jacksonville from Tallahassee where she worked at ABC27 as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter for 10 months.Elijah joined News4Jax in 2024 and is grateful everyday for the experiences the job brings him. He graduated from Bethune Cookman University in 2023 and Full Sail University with an MFA in 2024, where he honed his photography skills freelancing and building his own client base in addition to his studies.Vaccine opt out expansion sought amid reports of Northeast Florida measles casesBartram Trail star Avery Hartley leads Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls XC teamBeachside's Sofia Rivera leads Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls golf teamQuestions raised after pediatrician says public not alerted quickly to 2 local measles casesJudge orders woman accused of punching trooper, kicking ICE officer be released on bondSplit Happens Ep. 7: Navigating fear and anxiety during divorce with Sasso Guerrero & HenderliteCold snap coming to Northeast Florida, Southeast GeorgiaNews4JAX reporter Ariel Schiller shares new details on 4 arrested JFRD employeesHCA Memorial shows off state-of-the-art emergency room intended to serve Arlington communityHome surveillance camera captures video of suspects, sounds of gunfire in attempted home invasionJEA crews deploy to South Carolina ahead of icy winter storm
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