Join us for this Yom HaShoah Holocaust Rememberance Day Commemoration at the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe featuring a concert entitled Whispers From the Past, performed by Temple Trio, musicians from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Laura Markowitz, violin; Ana Ruesink, viola; and John Dunlop, cello. Musicologist and child of Holocaust survivor, Berta Frank, will host the event.

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“For many of the ill-fated inmates of the Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp in
Czechoslovakia, and other sites of murder and horror, composing and performing music helped to
preserve their souls,” said Debora Steinerman, president and cofounder of the Vermont Holocaust
Memorial, an organizer of the event. “These compositions are vital historical records of a painful time
and afford us a glimpse of some of the feelings experienced by many of these prisoners.”

“This concert is testimony to the power of music which served as a source of comfort, of resistance, and
as entertainment during the Holocaust,” said Steinerman. “We are grateful to have these Vermont
musicians bring back, if only for a few minutes, the sounds and feelings from those who dared to
compose such astonishing music, and those who dared to listen and, in their way, fight back.”
Besides music of composers who perished in the camps, there will be music of composers who lived
through the Holocaust, as well as some Yiddish songs. The commemoration will also include memorial
prayers and a candle lighting ceremony.

This Holocaust Remembrance Day program at JCOGS, is co-sponsored by Vermont Holocaust
Memorial, Beth Jacob Synagogue, Greater Stowe Interfaith Coalition, and the Vermont Symphony
Orchestra. It is free, accessible, and open to the public. A live stream link will also be available via
registration at https://www.jcogs.org/event/yom-hashoah-2023

JCOGS is located at 1189 Cape Cod Road in Stowe. For more information on the Holocaust
commemoration or the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe please visit www.JCOGS.org or call the
office at 802-253-1800.