Youth village students remember the Holocaust in body and soul
'Silver' youth village students participate in international campaign to raise Holocaust awareness; 'A people without the knowledge of their past is like a tree without roots, and so we see tremendous importance in actively immersing the students in the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust,' says youth village director.
Students from the Kfar Silver youth village joined a Holocaust commemoration campaign by the World Jewish Congress, spelling out the words "We Remember" on the school grounds on Tuesday using their bodies.
Approximately 300 students gathered in the central courtyard and formed the writing as part of a campaign to raise the awareness of the Holocaust among teens all over the world head of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day that will be marked on Friday.
Their picture will be distributed among the schools on the World Ort network, to which the school belongs.
"I was moved and proud of the fact that I was taking part in such a big international project," said Gal Shashoshvilli, an 11th grader who took part in the project. "It is very important to remember the Holocaust and make sure it is never forgotten. For me, the writing we created today is connected to my participation in a joint youth project of our school together with German youth, where we interview people connected to the Holocaust and document the interviews to create a joint video."
The director of Kfar Silver, former MK Shimon Solomon, noted that "A people without the knowledge of their past is like a tree without roots, and so we see tremendous importance in actively immersing the students in the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust, and in many additional educational activities related to love of the land, tolerance, community involvement, etc."
Dr. Benny Fisher, head of the Administration for Rural Education and Youth Immigration, added, "this is our victory picture as a people. In the youth villages, established dozens of years ago in order to accept Holocaust refugee children, are to this day educating tens of thousands of children, who are a reminder of the Holocaust's shame but also of the glory of revival."
