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The ZFA's Emily Gian writes, "Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I feel inclined, as I have done over the past few years, to share this same photo, of my great-uncle Isaac Skop z"l and his mother, my great-grandmother Hannah Skop z"l. My hope is that at least someone in this world says his name out loud, and remembers him and other children like him as more than just a number or statistic. It seems so strange to call this little boy, not much older than my own children, my great-uncle. This is the only photo we have of him, and here he is, frozen in time. The Nazis took so much away from him. He never finished school, never had the chance to study a language, or fall in love, or bring children of his own into the world. This boy, who had a twin brother named Jacob and the cheekiest smile, would never know that his legacy would live on in the far-away land of Australia. In 1942, Isaac was taken along with his mother by the Nazis. My grandmother never saw either of them again. Isaac was just nine years old. I would like to believe that his mother, clutching his hand so tightly in this photo, held on to his hand until the very end. Exactly like this, forever frozen in an age long ago gone. "For the dead and the living, we must bear witness" - Elie Weisel. May Isaac and Hannah's memories, as well as the memories of the 6 million victims of the Holocaust be forever blessed. May Never Again really mean Never Again.יהי זכרם ברוך ...

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