International Holocaust Remembrance Day

A few years ago when we went to Germany with our friends Margaret and Dave, while in Munich, Margaret wanted to visit Dachau.   When she was growing up their neighbour was a holocaust survivor and I believe was liberated from Dachau.  It was a day I will never forget.  You read about the history, but until you actually visit one of these camps you can't comprehend the horrors.

While talking to my cousin a few months ago she told me in 1945, her dad opened the gates of a concentration camp and liberated the prisoners in Germany.  She couldn't remember which camp.  On Thursday, National Holocaust Remembrance Day, I remembered the story so I emailed her older sister for the information and she answered me today.

Their dad was at Bergen-Belsen Concentration in Northern Germany.  They said their dad who passed away almost seven years ago, never forgot the horrors he saw.  If we are fortunate enough to return to Germany, I would love to see the site.  

Bergen-Belsen History

I'm glad their is a Remembrance Day so we never forget the Holocaust.