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| Remembering the Holocaust in Singapore |
This year they paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Ellie Wiesel who became one of the world's most passionate advocates for mutual respect and acceptance.
SWIFT remembers this day with profound sadness. On this day we remember the loss of 6 million of our Jewish brethren. We remember this loss that so profoundly affected the Jewish people. And, especially today and every Yom HaShoah, we resolve to remember this loss so that we may educate every future generation about this tragic chapter in our history.
We remember these darkest days of the Jewish people. We remember how faith and hope led to the creation of the Jewish homeland. We remember the paramount importance of protecting and defending Israel's existence.
We resolve to never forget and to always proclaim "Never Again." As we remember the millions who lost their lives in the Holocaust, I ask that you take a moment to remember the Holocaust and share with your friends and family to honor their memory and keep their stories alive.
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The Holocaust (also called Ha-Shoah in Hebrew) refers to the period from January 30, 1933 - when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany - to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially ended. During this time, Jews in Europe were subjected to progressively harsher persecution that ultimately led to the murder of 6,000,000 Jews (1.5 million of these being children) and the destruction of 5,000 Jewish communities.
These deaths represented two-thirds of European Jewry and one-third of all world Jewry.
The Jews who died were not casualties of the fighting that ravaged Europe during World War II. Rather, they were the victims of Germany's deliberate and systematic attempt to annihilate the entire Jewish population of Europe, a plan Hitler called the “Final Solution” (Endlosung).
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