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As the number of living Holocaust survivors declines, testimony becomes even more essential—not as content, but as witness.

Purposeful remembrance is something you practice. Small, consistent habits keep memory truthful and human—without turning it into performance.

Remembrance matters because truth is contested. When denial and distortion spread, silence becomes a multiplier.

Purposeful remembrance is not a slogan—it’s a disciplined way of holding history with honesty, dignity, and care.

On the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, DU announced a permanent professorship in Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies. Survivors Osi Sladek and Barbara Steinmetz took part.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that antisemitism is rising and called remembrance “a duty and a promise.”

New Claims Conference data estimates that about 196,600 Jewish Holocaust survivors are alive worldwide, down from 220,000 a year earlier. About 31,000 live in the United States.

The Villager covered a May 2024 Remember 6 gathering at Babi Yar Park, where Holocaust survivor David Zapiler, then 91, shared his family’s escape from Nazi-occupied Poland.