May 2017
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Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Georgia
April 23 - 30, 2017
On April 28, 2017, Georgia's 2017 Holocaust Days of Remembrance ceremony was hosted by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust.
"These Days of Remembrance have been set aside for the people of the State of Georgia to remember the victims and honors the survivors, rescuers, and liberators of the Holocaust."
The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust designated "Choosing to Act: Resistance During the Holocaust" as the theme of the 2017 Georgia Days of Remembrance. Six candles were lit in commemoration of the victims, survivors, rescuers and liberators of the Holocaust. Vernon Keenan, Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, received the Humanitarian Award. Kathleen King of General Ray Davis Middle School was named Distinguished Educator of 2017.
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New exhibit on display in Sandy Springs
Don't mis our new exhibition "Fashioning a Nation: German Identity and Industry, 19141945." The exhibition explores the powerful history of German fashion from its international impact to its destruction by the Nazi regime. It honors the legacy of the Jewish Germans who contributed to its rise and commemorates the great cultural and economic loss of its demise. The exhibition is on display at Anne Frank in the World.
New perspective on Anne Frank's arrest
The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam provides a new perspective on the impetus for the arrests at 263 Prinsengracht. Read more.