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Christ Church, Reading |
Kim Bonner, MBA - Webmaster officemgr@rdgchristchurch.org |
2011 Kristallnacht and Yom Hashoah November 9th - Outside ring of light 6:30 PM 7:00 PM Interfaith Service CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH & TRINITY LUTHERAN CHRUCH 5th and COURT STREETS READING, PA |
Thank you to Temple Kesher Zion, Temple Oheb Shalom, to the Jewish Federation, and Rabbi Minna Bromberg for supporting this interfaith sharing. Please join us |
"Each former prisoner has a story to tell. Many returned hoping to find old cellmates…many made new friends, all bound together by the hardships they had endured…" "…dozens of conversations…revealed remarkable feats of courage by former prisoners. Curiously, however, there seemed little bitterness versus the current German population…" "This could be the last anniversary, given the ages of the survivors and liberators…nevertheless the Memorial…has become a permanent fixture in Bavaria…that all [German] school children must visit…so that this disastrous part of German history not be forgotten…" |
Bill Richardson of Christ Church shareda letter his brother-in-law wrote describing his experiences at the liberation of Dachau and his return 65 years later to celebrate the anniversary of that liberation. Some excerpts from that letter: |