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Columbus marks 41st annual Holocaust Remembrance Program; survivor’s daughter recounts father’s Kindertransport rescue
Summary
City officials and community leaders gathered at City Hall Chambers for the 41st annual Holocaust Remembrance Program. Guest speaker Sheryl Hecht told the story of her father’s Kindertransport rescue; Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin warned that the community will soon lose its last living survivors and urged continued vigilance against antisemitism.
Columbus convened its 41st annual Holocaust Remembrance Program at City Hall Chambers on Monday, where elected officials, survivors and students gathered to remember the victims and hear firsthand testimony from the child of a Kindertransport survivor.
Rita Eppler, master of ceremonies, opened the program and acknowledged sponsors including Mayor Andrew Ginther’s office, the Department of Neighborhoods, Columbus City Council and Jewish Columbus. Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin told the audience that preserving survivors’ testimony is now a civic responsibility: “We will soon enter the first era with no living Holocaust…
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