Holocaust reunion

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The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous reunites victims of the Holocaust with those people who hid them every year. This latest story made CNN this morning--I squalled all the way through their "meeting."

NEW YORK: A woman who was among the few thousand Lithuanian Jews to have survived the World War II Nazi Holocaust was reunited for the first time after more than 60 years with a member of the Roman Catholic family who helped keep her alive.

Lea Ingel and Giedrute Ramanauskiene embraced and held each other during their emotional reunion at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday. They cried, acknowledging it might be the last time they would see each other, given their faltering health.

Ingel, now 84, said earlier that she had no idea what she would say to the 77-year-old Ramanauskiene, whom she has not seen since she was sheltered at the farm owned by Ramanauskiene's family for a year.

More at link: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/25/america/NA_GEN_US_Holocaust_Reunion.php

More of the same:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061126-120640-7489r.htm
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061124-052549-6571r

In horrific times, people stepped up to the plate, endangered their own lives and those of their families to do what was right regardless of their own religious affiliation. WE NEED MORE OF THIS!!!
 
Pandora said:
In horrific times, people stepped up to the plate, endangered their own lives and those of their families to do what was right regardless of their own religious affiliation. WE NEED MORE OF THIS!!!

Amen amen amen!

What a lovely post, thank you!
 
Pandora said:
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous reunites victims of the Holocaust with those people who hid them every year. This latest story made CNN this morning--I squalled all the way through their "meeting."

NEW YORK: A woman who was among the few thousand Lithuanian Jews to have survived the World War II Nazi Holocaust was reunited for the first time after more than 60 years with a member of the Roman Catholic family who helped keep her alive.

Lea Ingel and Giedrute Ramanauskiene embraced and held each other during their emotional reunion at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday. They cried, acknowledging it might be the last time they would see each other, given their faltering health.

Ingel, now 84, said earlier that she had no idea what she would say to the 77-year-old Ramanauskiene, whom she has not seen since she was sheltered at the farm owned by Ramanauskiene's family for a year.

More at link: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/25/america/NA_GEN_US_Holocaust_Reunion.php

More of the same:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061126-120640-7489r.htm
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061124-052549-6571r

In horrific times, people stepped up to the plate, endangered their own lives and those of their families to do what was right regardless of their own religious affiliation. WE NEED MORE OF THIS!!!
What a great post-- Thank you.

Gozgals
 
Gozgals said:
What a great post-- Thank you.

Gozgals
Anyone see this movie? I would like to.

PAPER CLIPS is the moving and inspiring documentary film that captures how these students responded to lessons about the Holocaust-with a promise to honor every lost soul by collecting one paper clip for each individual exterminated by the Nazis.
http://www.paperclipsmovie.com/synopsis.php

In 1998, assistant principal, history teacher, and football coach David Smith of Whitwell Middle School suggested to principal Linda M. Hooper that they could use the Holocaust as the basis for teaching tolerance in a voluntary afterschool program. Having difficulty in comprehending the massive scale of the Holocaust, students decided to collect 6,000,000 paper clips to represent the estimated 6,000,000 Jews killed between 1939 and 1945 under the authority of the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler.

At first the project went slowly, as it did not gain much publicity. Students created a website and sent out many letters to friends, family and total strangers. The project started snowballing after it received attention from Peter and Dagmar Schroeder, journalists who were born in Germany during World War II and who cover the White House for German newspapers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Clips_Project
 
windovervocalcords said:
Anyone see this movie? I would like to.

PAPER CLIPS is the moving and inspiring documentary film that captures how these students responded to lessons about the Holocaust-with a promise to honor every lost soul by collecting one paper clip for each individual exterminated by the Nazis.
http://www.paperclipsmovie.com/synopsis.php


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Clips_Project
:cool: windovervocalcords- I have not seen this movie yet, but thanks for the heads up. I'm already searching for it and can't wait to view it. I have seen numerous documentaries on the Holocaust and this project sounds fascinating. I went ahead and read the write-up on it at wikipedia.

Gozgals
 
Paper Clips is a great movie. My child's history class viewed it and we all watched it at home.

I highly recommend it. Very heartwarming.
 
Karole28 said:
Paper Clips is a great movie. My child's history class viewed it and we all watched it at home.

I highly recommend it. Very heartwarming.
I just received this response from someone that I asked to check around for me on Paper Clips. It is available at Netflix.

Note: My club has them. I placed RENT for next week
or so on Paper Clips plus it comes with (or should I say I ordered
seperately) the companion BONUS DISC, which supposedly has interviews
and New York footage.

So it is available to rent if anyone is interested.


Gozgals
 
I finally got to view Paperclips while my computer was being repaired. It was a wonderful documentary. Very touching and moving. Everyone that is interested should rent or own it! All will be inspired by this journey of what these people accomplished while learning about the Holocaust.

Tears were flowing in my home.
Loving each and everyone one of us should always be the gift we give each other.
Happy Holidays

Gozgals
 
Gozgals said:
I finally got to view Paperclips while my computer was being repaired. It was a wonderful documentary. Very touching and moving. Everyone that is interested should rent or own it! All will be inspired by this journey of what these people accomplished while learning about the Holocaust.

Tears were flowing in my home.
Loving each and everyone one of us should always be the gift we give each other.
Happy Holidays

Gozgals
How wonderful. I will likely have to order it because we live in such a small community. Thank you for sharing your experience.

I look forward to seeing it in 2007.

Happy Holidays
 
I saw Paperclips on HBO several months ago....the kids, teachers, school, community have such a beautiful tribute to the Holocaust ~
 

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