The Holocaust

Updated: Oct 11

Prayers

Prayer for the victims of mass murders and genocide.

Lord we remember the Holocaust the most henious crime the world has

ever known. Six million murdered most of the victims were like you

Jesus. Jews , innocent victims, children, women, teenagers, men. The

world said never again, but it has and is happening again, ethnic

cleansing, mass murder.

Lord may your example of love and service change the violent people to

peace makers, call the wrongdoers to repent, inspire leaders to end

violence and war, may we live in unity in your friendship. Amen by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism

In Memory: A Holocaust Prayer by Alexander Kimel

Prayer for Holocaust Survivors Who Have Died from Covid 19

Our Father, Avinu, we bow our heads and hearts in prayer.

Many of your People, the Jewish People,

who by Your Grace survived the Holocaust in Europe,

have been infected by and died from coronavirus.

This saddens the hearts not only of Jews,

but people of all faiths,

especially Christians, who were the major perpetrators of the Shoah.

We Christians today, repenting for what Christians then did,

join with the Jewish People in praying today for the survivors

of Nazi genocide.

We Christians join with the Jewish People in calling on people of all faiths to pray for these good people, stricken a second time, this time by a pandemic which is out of control and killing many innocent people of all faiths. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, people of all faiths must come together in prayer in this country and around the world, for the survivors of genocide who are in danger and who have died. May they rest in your Peace, Oh Lord.

And may their memory be for a blessing.

by Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism

Interviews

Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM

Book Reviews and Commentaries

The Holocaust Kid’ by Alex M. Anderson and Lucas F. W. Wilson. Reviewed by Sonia Pilcer Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story by Keren Blankfeld Reviewed by Smithsonian Magazine
Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler Reviewed by Andrew Silow-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency
My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar and Dina Kraft Commentary by Shira Li Bartok Jewish Telegraphic Agency
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World by Michael Frank Reviewed by Carol Ungar Tablet
The Ravine by Wendy Lower Reviewed by David Mikucs Tablet
The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy Lower Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.Profiles in Catholicism
Night by Elie Wiesel Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Mitchell The Catholic Thing
The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the last, Challenges for the Future Reviewed by Dr. Eugene Fisher Profiles in Catholicism

Film Reviews and Commentaries

Irina's Vow Commentary by Kurt Jensen Our Sunday Visitor
Once I’m Gone Reviewed by David Sugarmen Tablet
Jack and Sam Reviewed by Julia Gergely Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The Albanian Code Commentary by Alan Rosenbaum The Jerusalem Post
His Name Is My Name Reviewed by Lisa Klug Tablet
Horror, hope and the Holocaust Reviewed by Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. America