THOUSANDS HONOR JEWS IN HOLOCAUST.Byline: Daily News Thousands of people from throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, gathered at Pan Pacific Park in West Los Angeles
``Each year this is the largest commemoration of the Holocaust in California, where thousands of people, including Holocaust survivors There are many famous Holocaust survivors who survived the Nazi genocides in Europe and went on to achievements of great fame and notability. Those listed here were, at the very least, residents of the parts of Europe occupied by the Axis powers during World War II who survived , come to remember the lessons of the Holocaust and remember the 6 million Jews who lost their lives,'' said Richard Mahan, one of the event's organizers. ``We must make sure the lessons of the Holocaust aren't forgotten,'' he said. ``We must not let the tyranny of one person, like an Adolf Hitler, lead to the slaughtering of innocent people.'' This year's observance featured a keynote address by Gov. Gray Davis and former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community Stuart E. Eizenstat Stuart Eizenstat (born 1943) is a partner at Washington, DC law firm, Covington & Burling and senior strategist at APCO Worldwide. He is married to Frances Eizenstat, and has two sons and five grandchildren. He received his J.D. from Harvard University in 1967. . Eizenstat is the author of the recently published book ``Imperfect Justice,'' which chronicles his efforts to achieve justice for Holocaust victims. Mayor James Hahn and Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Yuval Rotem also addressed the gathering. Last week, Davis proclaimed April 27 to May 4, 2003, as ``Days of Remembrance'' in California ``to honor the strength, courage and resistance exhibited by Jews during the Holocaust.'' ``We come here on this solemn day to tell the stories of 6 million souls,'' Davis said. ``We have but one mission in mind: never to forget. ``It is only by teaching and learning from the lessons of the Holocaust that we can eliminate the hatred that threatens the values of freedom, equality and justice that we hold most dear.'' Sunday's ceremony was held at the Los Angeles Holocaust Monument, which features six 18-foot-high columns of polished black granite standing on a hexagonal hex·ag·o·nal adj. 1. Having six sides. 2. Containing a hexagon or shaped like one. 3. Mineralogy base of Balmoral red granite. A flame of memory burns for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock each year on Yom ha-Shoah, the international day to remember the Holocaust. City News Service contributed to this story. |
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