Rivlin, Netanyahu join thousands in Holocaust remembrance campaign
‘We Remember’ project projects images from around world, including Pakistan and Bolivia, on screen at Auschwitz
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Thousands of people from around the world shared photos remembering the Holocaust in Facebook campaign ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27.
The “We Remember” campaign, organized by the World Jewish Congress, has reached 100 million people across the globe, with more than 200,000 participants.
As part of the project, people of all faiths and nationalities have shared images of themselves holding up the words “We Remember.” Starting Tuesday, in partnership with the Auschwitz Museum, thousands of these images were projected on a screen on the grounds of Birkenau, next to Crematorium II. The screening will continue until Thursday and is also being streamed via social media.
Participants included President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, and political party leaders Yair Lapid and Isaac Herzog.
These nine Holocaust Survivors have come together to send you a message. It’s unforgettable. For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, let’s show them we are listening. Post your picture with #WeRemember or send it to us by e-mail: weremember@wjc.org
Posted by World Jewish Congress on Thursday, January 19, 2017
In the rest of the world, the project drew contributions from US politicians Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Congressmen Eliot Engel and Jerrold Nadler; a wide range of European MPs and officials such as Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon, and Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders. Israeli actresses Moran Atias and Odelya Halevy and Jewish public figures such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Bernard Henri-Levy also joined the drive.
"#WeRemember and share a commitment to commemorate Holocaust victims and to honor those who stood against it." – Albanian FM @ditmirbushati pic.twitter.com/Zuk3yJv8Gy
— World Jewish Congress (@WorldJewishCong) January 25, 2017
Remembering in Pakistan. Thank you! #WeRemember pic.twitter.com/lZY3KfuON8
— World Jewish Congress (@WorldJewishCong) January 24, 2017
Thank you for these pictures from Bolivia, spanning 3 generations! Join #WeRemember too: send in your photo with the sign today. pic.twitter.com/sRYefxuqNl
— World Jewish Congress (@WorldJewishCong) January 24, 2017
““Anti-Semitism is more prevalent today than it has been at any time since World War II, and bigotry and discrimination still rear their ugly heads all around the world,” WJC CEO Robert Singer said. “This is why we all must declare, together, that we remember.”
Singer said that this project showed a new way of commemorating the Holocaust.
“This project has taught us that history can be taught in a new way, and shown is the power of social media. We have learned that it is indeed possible to bring people of all ages and from all over the world together remember the past using a shared language,” he said.
The Times of Israel Community.