Powerful Evening at Holocaust Memorial

Last evening the Holocaust Memorial service was held at the INCO Centre, Memorial Campus. This ceremony traditionally comes the Sunday after Passover. The theme of the event was Children of the Holocaust, and, along with the poems, candle lighting, music, and Kaddish, three members of the local community told stories of family members who, as children, had been engulfed in the Holocaust. Barbara Grandy spoke of her step-father-in-law, Felyx Cohen, who was a teenager in Poland when he endured two labour camps before escaping in a coal cart to wander without clothing, food or shoes throughout the countryside. It was heartbreaking, immediate and riveting testimony. And then Ms. Grandy asked, "And would you like to know where Felyx Cohen is now?" She had us in the palm of her hand. And then she said, "He is right here." And a man in the front row stood up. What an honour to be in the same room.