Entrance into Auschwitz I. This photo is one of many that have been posted and can be viewed at the Tallahassee.com Holocaust Remembrance Photo Exhibition.

While the people may pass on, their history will live forever.

The local Holocaust Education Resource Council hosted a series of events for its inaugural Holocaust Remembrance Campaign to keep the memory of the devastating events of the Holocaust alive.

“We’re losing the survivors to age and health problems and it’s up to us (their children) to continue their story,” said Rita Blank, vice president of the Holocaust Education Resource Council.

Photographs of present-day Holocaust-related locations were available for public viewing around the city of Tallahassee. “We had about 75 photos, taken in July 2008, displayed on easels around town,” said Barbara Goldstein, local resource council president. “We wanted people to remember and understand that even though this happened 60 years ago, it should never happen again.”

The Democrat rolled out an interactive multimedia web site (www.Tallahassee.com/holocaust) showcasing the photographs and featuring an interactive map, videos of interviews with Holocaust survivors and more.

It is essential that students study the Holocaust in all of its aspects, understanding that it was not just an attempt to exterminate Jews but all those people that the Nazis deemed “unworthy of life.” They must understand that those who ran the machinery of death were ordinary people who followed orders without thinking of the human cost. They should understand that those who ordered the Holocaust came from a country that was regarded as a cultural and intellectual center of Europe . Only through research, critical thinking and writing can students learn about the Holocaust but only by educating them can we hope to prevent a similar catastrophe.

— Monte Finkelstein, Essay Contest Judge
and Dean of History and Sciences
at Tallahassee Community College

The Holocaust Resource Education Council has been established as a Non-Profit Organization to sponsor the Annual Student Holocaust Essay/Art Contest, Teacher Training Workshops, and community outreach.

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