In the Knesset (like a Jewish parliament), the names of the victims of the Holocaust are read out and 6 torches are lit to remember the 6 million Jews who were killed. Also, the flags are mounted at half-cast to pay respect to the dead.
During the day, many of the survivors of the Holocaust give speeches in schools, or on TV, etc. about what happened - this gives people a first-hand account of the horrors which must not be allowed to happen again.
Each year, survivors and descendants of victims place stones of remembrance on graves of those killed during the Holocaust (Shoah).
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is a Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. It was set up to ensure that further generations never forget the cruelty that was the Holocaust. Yad Vashem documents and records the events of the Holocaust and collects and records testimonies to the Holocaust. Their archives currently consist of 58 million pages of documentation and almost 100,000 photograph/video testimonies of survivors. The Hall of Names is a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust by remembering them not as anonymous numbers but as individual human beings: they have computerized more than 3.2 million names of victims of the Holocaust to date. They also have a library containing 87,000 books in many different languages about the Holocaust. The International School for Holocaust Studies offers courses in 7 different languages, and has over 100 educators on its staff; the school caters annually to over 100,000 students and youth, 50,000 soldiers, and thousands of educators from Israel and around the world. There was also 6 million trees planted in Jerusalem to commemorate the dead.
Amcha
"For some survivors, the Holocaust has not ended" - their Slogan.
Amcha is a support system in Israel that strives to help Holocaust Survivors recover from the massive mental stress their ordeals have left them with.
'AMCHA reaches out to
- Those who experienced the horrors of the Shoah as adults
- 'Child Survivors' who were robbed of their youth, and
- Children of survivors, the second generation, who were profoundly affected throughout their lives by events they can only imagine.'
Education
Holocaust education is everywhere you want it to be, thanks to museums and such which so eagerly pass on the information. There are millions of websites (such as www . Amcha . org, and others) which offer Holocaust information and accounts.
School curriculums now have huge chunks about the Holocaust, even if it's not in religion lessons, helping non-Jewish next generations understand and realize that Holocaust-like 'events' must never be allowed to happen again. Ever. Holocaust survivors speak in schools about their experiences and such, also contributing to passing the first-hand accounts down to the next generation.
There are literally hundreds of Holocaust museums scattered all over the world, for example, there are two in England alone (London, and Nottingham).
