{"id":129914,"date":"2021-02-03T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129914"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:26:54","slug":"photo-feature-international-holocaust-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129914","title":{"rendered":"Photo Feature: International Holocaust Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Photos<\/a>
The International Holocaust Remembrance display took place on February 3, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over 27,000 flags paint the West Lawn to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Student Life<\/a>, along with 50 volunteers from various student clubs and organizations and staff members from the Alumni Relations Office<\/a> came together in two separate waves to set up the display. Each flag represents 500 people who fell victim to the Holocaust and each color represents a different group: Jewish adults, Soviet prisoners of war, Polish Catholics, Jewish children, Serbians, Roma and Sinti, people with mental and physical disabilities, Spanish Republicans, gay\/lesbian individuals and Jehovah’s witnesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis memorial reaffirms an unwavering commitment to counter anti-semitism, racism, bigotry, prejudice and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence. We pledge to remember the victims who lost their lives in the most heinous ways through honoring their stories and working together to end hateful forces that lead to these violent acts,\u201d said the Department of Student Life in a campus-wide email. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the third year the Department of Student Life office has organized the display. In previous years it was held on January 27, the date on which International Holocaust Remembrance Day lands and the date that marks the Soviet Red Army’s liberation of the largest Nazi concentration death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in 1945. However, due to inclement weather, the display was moved to February 3 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"People
The Alumni Relations team donates their time and labor to help set up the display. Photo by Kayla Gronseth-Boyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Person
A member of the Alumni Relations team is happy to volunteer their time to set up the display. Photo by Kayla Gronseth-Boyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"People
Volunteers begin setting up the flag display in the afternoon. Photo by Kayla Gronseth-Boyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Photos<\/a>
Over 27,000 flags are on display in front of El Pomar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Flag<\/a>
Members of the community walk by the display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Flags<\/a>
Each flag represents 500 people and each color represents a different group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Photo<\/a>
The West Lawn is painted with over 27,000 flags, each representing 500 people who lost their lives during the Holocaust. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a>
As a student heads toward the library, he stops to notice the flag display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Several<\/a>
A sea of different colored flags flood the West Lawn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Photo<\/a>
A view of the West Lawn from the library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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