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European Union lawmakers have welcomed centenarian Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlander, 100, who was arrested in 1944 while on the run and brought to Theresienstadt.
On Thursday, President Biden spoke out against a resurgence of antisemitism in a statement in honor of the commemoration, designated by the UN in 2005.
I Can’t Mark Where My Grandfather Is Buried, but I Want to Mark Where He Lived
For the last three and a half years, I’ve been trying to get
stolpersteine, translated from German as “stumbling stones,” in front of the last place my grandfather lived: Solunska Uliza 8 in Belgrade. Stolpersteine are small stones placed on the street outside the last voluntary residence of Holocaust victims and survivors.
Over 70,000 stones have already been placed across Europe, making them the world’s largest decentralized memorial. A stone with my grandfather’s name on it would be a small victory against genocide and hatred.