Friday marks 78 years since the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz in 1945, as well as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the time to honor the millions of lives lost at the hands of Nazi Germany. Jan. 27 was chosen as the day for International Holocaust Remembrance as Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Union in 1945 on that date. ...
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Newhall Woman Chosen For Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony
Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has selected Newhall resident Erika Schwartz to represent the 38th Assembly District during the 9th annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Sacramento. On April 8th the California Assembly and the Holocaust Memorial Project will honor Holocaust survivors, the second generation, and liberators during Holocaust Memorial Week. Erika (Hornstein) Schwartz was born in the Jewish ghetto of Nyiregyhaza in Nazi-occupied ...
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