A well-attended ceremony was held on Wednesday 1 May 2019 at the Auckland Hebrew Congregation to mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day). The Minister for Ethnic Communities, Jenny Salesa, was guest of honour.
The names of family members who had perished in the Holocaust were projected throughout the ceremony, providing a backdrop to the proceedings, a constant reminder of the personal loss for many members of the Jewish community.
Descendants of survivors and victims of the Holocaust gave poetry readings and shared stories focussed on the theme, “Keeping Judaism alive during the Shoah”.
Read and see more about the event on the Shadows of the Shoah website here.
