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Annual Commemoration of the Holocaust

Location

Temple Beth Shalom, 8 Tremont St., Cambridge, MA 02139

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Neighborhood

  • City Wide

Contact

Brian Corr
peace@cambridgema.gov
617.349.4694

Description

Calendar event imageRecalling all who perished during the Holocaust, this year’s program features an evening of music, candle lighting, and remembrance.

The guest speaker is Norman Berman, who was born in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany just after the end of World War II. Mr. Berman came to the U.S. in 1949 as a small child with his parents, Misha and Bluma, both born in Poland. While they survived the Holocaust, they lost more than 70 members of their families. In 2009, he traveled to Eastern Europe with his daughter, visiting his parents’ birthplaces and tracing their journeys during the Holocaust. Today, he shares his parents’ stories to illustrate the dangerous consequences of silence and indifference in the face of bigotry and prejudice.

Music will be provided by cellist Mina Kim, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin String Orchestra, the Cambridge Community Chorus, and A Besere Velt. Poetry and music of the Roma will be shared by Margareta Matache and Victoria Rios

The program is free, open to all, wheelchair accessible, and assistive listening devices are available. It welcomes all communities of Cambridge – including children and adults and people of all faiths and traditions. 

Temple Beth Shalom is located just off Broadway at 8 Tremont St., between Hampshire St. and Broadway (Tremont St. is one block east of Prospect St., between Central and Inman squares). Limited free parking is available.

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