2024 Yom HaShoah Commemoration

This program was recorded on May 6, 2024.
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Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the day set aside to remember the approximately six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The Holocaust Center has been holding a community-wide commemoration every year since the establishment of the Center in 1980.
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh's 2024 commemoration was held on May 6, 2024, at 7 pm in Chatham University’s Campbell Memorial Chapel. The commemoration included a candle-lighting ceremony in which six candles were lit in memory of the six million and three additional candles were lit in honor of the Veterans, the Liberators, and the Righteous, those non-Jews who risked their lives to save the lives of their Jewish friends and neighbors. The candle-lighters were composed of descendants, community members, and lay leaders.
The commemoration also included a film made by Chatham University students featuring local Holocaust survivors, music played by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, songs and poetry performed by middle and high school students, and a memorial for local survivors who have passed away.