On April 8, 2021, The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) honored the victims and survivors of the Holocaust with its annual Yom HaShoah program. In 2021, the program focused on the importance of passing the history of the Holocaust to the next generation and included both Survivors and their grandchildren. The central presentation was be made by one of the descendants of the Bielski brothers, who discussed the Bielski Partisans who actively fought against the Nazis beginning in 1942. . The commemoration program also included Rabbi Howard Stecker, from Temple Israel of Great Neck, and Cantor Gustavo Gitlin, from Congregation Tifereth Israel in Glen Cove.
If you missed the Yom HaShoah program you can watch it now on Youtube:
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