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man Consulate in Detroit said the
commemoration was impressive
and difficult to talk about.
"The remembrance of such
events has such and important
lesson to teach," she said. "It took
more than 10 years after the war
before many Germans realized
what had happened and asked
questions (about the Holocaust).
The older generation of Germans
has great difficulty talking about
what happened."
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Cantor Orbach:
Eyewitness

West Bloomfield said she was
moved by Ms. Wannow's com-
ments. "It's tremendously im-
portant to continue educating
about the Holocaust at the uni-
versity level," Ms. Garfield said.
"It was interesting to hear her
perspective and always good to
hear different viewpoints of is-
sues."
Both Ms. Wannow and Cantor
Orbach agreed the silence sur-
rounding the Holocaust must
never be repeated. "We must ask
questions and do everything to
prevent this from ever happen-
ing again," Ms. Wannow said.
"The price of silence was much
too great." ❑

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Adat Shalom college youth will
gather at the home of Rabbi Efry
Spectre at noon. Nov. 25. The
synagogue's annual college
brunch gives students the op-
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friends about Jewish life on cam-
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ver 100 Michigan State
University students, fac-
ulty and others gathered
to commemorate the 56th
anniversary of Kristallnacht and
to hear the experiences of Tem-
ple Israel Cantor Harold Orbach
on Nov. 9.
Kristallnacht, the "night of bro-
ken glass," was the beginning of
the formal persecution of Euro-
pean Jews, which eventually led
to the Holocaust.
On Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, near-
ly 100 Jews were killed, and an
estimated 177 synagogues were
burned and demolished by Ger-
man soldiers sweeping through
Germany and Austria.
Cantor Orbach, a Kristallnacht
eyewitness, described his per-
sonal experiences as an 8-year-
old boy who watched his
synagogue erupt in flames while
German firefighters stood idly by.
"I can still remember seeing
the mountains of furniture from
Jewish homes strewn along the
sidewalks," he said. 'T11 never gor-
get the shrieks of those who
braved, the flames to save the syn-
agogue's Torahs.
The ceremony included a read-
ing of Holocaust victims' names
and poetry selections describing
the persecution of Jewish people,
read by students from MSU's
Jewish Studies Program.
"With the survivors of the
Holocaust becoming older, it's ex-
tremely important to remember
the event," said sophomore
Jonathon Koenigsberg of West
Bloomfield.
MSU junior and Hillel Student
Events Center President Jason
Zaks, of Farmington Hills, said
Cantor Orbach's experiences
were important to hear for the fu-
ture's sake.
'The cantor reiterated the im-
portance of never forgetting our
history and to not let hate ever
take hold again," he said.
In addition to his personal ac-
counts, Cantor Orbach touched
on the importance of realizing hu-
mans' capacity for hurting one
another and stressed the univer-
sal ramifications of such hatred.
"Germany created great cul-
tural figures like Beethoven and
Schiller," the cantor said. "If peo-
ple with a vast history of culture
and education can create mass
genocide, it can happen any-
where. This isn't just a Jewish is-
sue; it's an issue of mankind's
inhumanity towards mankind."
Marion Wannow of the Ger-

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