May is a month for remembering
Last week Amy Williams landed in Phoenix with a tin of Chocolate Chip Shortbread biscuits from London,
with a Spitfire on the lid and the words,
To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day,
1945 -2025.
I was 13 years old, living in Coventry, on that original
Victory in Europe Day and shortbread biscuits were a luxury beyond reach and we had never heard of chocolate chips!
Today in our present turmoil it is good to remember the end of World War 2 in 1945 after years of unimaginable horror.
Here in Phoenix on April 27th at Symphony Hall, the Jewish community remembered Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hashoah.
The packed audience, including representatives from many different churches became one as we mourned, prayed and lit candles.
My parents Amalie and Markus Zack perished in Chelmno on May 3, 1942 and in the mysterious ways of God I was invited to say their names publicly, representing Phoenix Holocaust survivors at Symphony Hall on Yom Hashoah 2025.
Join us and listen to my Kindertransport story, here…