To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day this year, when public gatherings have been banned in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak worldwide, Yad Vashem has issued an invitation to the public to participate in an international campaign, reports Simmy Allen for J-Wire.
The public is invited to record themselves reciting the names of Holocaust victims, and to share the video on social media using the hashtags #RememberingFromHome #ShoahNames.
Allen reports that the campaign #RememberingFromHome #ShoahNames encourages people of all ages, from all walks of life, from all corners of the world, to join this global name-reading initiative and thereby help restore the identities of the millions of Holocaust victims – men, women and children.
On the access will be provided to:
- A list of adult names and children’s names
- A link to names of Holocaust victims by country
- A link to the Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, in order to allow a search for family names
All the participants in this campaign are kindly requested to video themselves (15 seconds maximum) reciting names, and then share their video in their social media with the hashtags: #RememberingFromHome #ShoahNames.
Yad Vashem will then collect videos from all over the world and create an .
“Join us and mark Holocaust Remembrance Day this year from your homes,” said Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.
“Help us to restore the memory of those murdered during the Holocaust, as you do each and every year. Although the circumstances this year are unique, the message is still the same: We will never forget them.”
This article was originally published on J-Wire here.
