It is important that we do make time to remember victims of atrocities in which mainly innocent people -sadly women and children suffer the most. These atrocities deprive such communities of their basic rights, their dignity and ultimately their lives. This year once again throughout the country on this Holocaust Memorial day, people from all walks of life will be remembering the victims and their descendants.
The particular theme this year, “How Can Life Go On?” in addition to remembering all the victims who died in the Holocaust also encourages us to think about the implications forced upon the survivors of such atrocities – which displaces people and through no fault of theirs – they become refugees.