THE CANDLE LIGHTING
Candle One:
This candle stands for a mother in pain,
Clutching her child on selection day;
Pleading for mercy completely in vain,
That her child not be taken away.
Lit by:
Mr. Chaim Ben Ahron, born in Poland, survived the Vilna Ghetto, 3 Camps in Estonia and Dartmergen, liberated while on a death march accompanied by his son Marvin Ben Ahron
Candle Two:
This candle stands for this child-by now gone,
For dreams that ended before they started;
For his missions on earth all left undone,
When wrapped in flames this world he departed.
Lit by:
Mr. Simon Rosenkier, born in Wroclawek Poland, arrested at age 14 and sent to a work camp, survived Auschwitz and Birkenau where he was a victim of Mengele's experiments, survived the death march to Buchenwald and liberated from Buchenwald, accompanied by his daughter Allison
Candle Three:
This candle stands for the old and the young,
For countless good-byes filled with emotion;
For thee lives unlived and songs unsung,
For the tears shed that could fill an ocean.
Lit by:
Mrs. Goldie Schwartz born in Czechoslovakia, survived Auschwitz and Stuthof, liberated in Lavenburg, accompanied by her daughter
Susan Gottlieb
Candle Four:
This candle stands for those martyrs unknown,
Who fought and died in a fearless manner;
On the streets of Warsaw they stood alone,
And glorified their blue and white banner.
Lit by:
Mrs. Rachel Gottlieb, born in Rosavo Marmush Transylvania, survived Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Liebstadt, Leipzig and a death march on the Elba River
Candle Five:
This candle stands for the Jewish culture
That lived and flourished in Warsaw for long;
Before it was swept up by a vulture,
To the tune of madness, orgy and song.
Lit by:
Mr. Abraham Steiner born in Transylvania, forced into slave labor on the Russian front and liberated by the Red army and Mrs. Hanna Steiner born in Transylvania, survived Auschwitz,
accompanied by their daughter Helene
Candle Six:
This candle stands for 6 million Jews,
Who vanished in smoke without a trace;
Who did not survive to hear the news,
That we are still part of the human race.
Lit by:
Mr. Alex Steinberg born in Czechoslovakia survived Bergen-Belsen and liberated on a death train by the American 6th army accompanied by his son Sam
