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very, very personal to us:'
"It is about our own families," he said.
"It is about our parents and grandpar-
ents, but also about our children and our
grandchildren. We children of Holocaust
survivors feel a special responsibility to
remember the Holocaust and what our
families went through. We feel a special
responsibility to pass on our families'
histories to the generations to come."
He added, "We pledge to you, the
survivors, that as the second generation
after the Holocaust, we will continue to
be strong, that we will remember and
that we will teach for the future."

What Legacy?
Tammy Betel of Farmington Hills spoke
on behalf of the HMC's Docent Advisory
Council. There are 65 active docents and
40 more enrolled in a docent training
program.
Betel, who has volunteered at the HMC
for more than 15 years and regularly
leads school and community groups
through the museum, was pleased that

docents were part of the program for the
first time.
"We all have our own personal rea-
sons for being here, but whatever those
reasons are, we are a group of committed
individuals united to teach the lessons of
the Holocaust," Betel said. "We know this
is a daunting task, yet it is one we accept
with honor."
To the many survivors who work
with the HMC in many ways, including
speaking to visiting groups she said,
"We learn from you everyday. We know
this is not easy for you. Without you
this would not be possible. You are our
teachers. May God bless you with long,
happy and healthy lives."
In spite of all the assurances offered
and the pride in the HMC, many survi-
vors remain concerned that the legacy
of the Holocaust will be lessened, if not
forgotten, when they are gone.
Erma Gorman, speaking on behalf of
the Hidden Children Association, posed

Yom HaShoah on page 14

In Hitler's Time

'Could it be the Vatican felt closer
ties to the Nazis than to the Jews?'

Professor Susannah Heschel,
the Eli Black Professor of Jewish
Studies at Dartmouth College,
shared research
from her recent
book, The Aryan

Jesus: Christian
Theologians
and the Bible in
Nazi Germany,
in a Sunday
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evening Yom
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Prof. Heschel
HaShoah program
at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
The Holocaust Remembrance

Day program, co-sponsored by
the Holocaust Memorial Center,
the JCC, the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit and the
Michigan Board of Rabbis, included
a candlelighting ceremony, read-
ings and prayers.
Stephen Goldman, executive
director of the HMC, welcomed
the establishment of the commu-
nity commemoration, calling it a
"momentous occasion."
"The Holocaust Memorial Center
is a part of this Jewish community
and should not be apart from it,"

In Hitler's Time on page 14