Congregation Shaaray Shalom in West Hempstead organized an event in which candles were lit.
Runners are lacing up for the Long Island Marathon Sunday. Click here to see which roads will close to trafficRunners are lacing up for the Long Island Marathon Sunday. Click here to see which roads will close to trafficSunday marked Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, and across Long Island Jewish communities gathered to commemorate the lives lost.
Howard Unger was one of the people to light the candles. His father survived the Holocaust. Unger spoke of the atrocities his father witnessed through the Shoah Foundation, which records Holocaust survivors' memories.“We found out about his whole life history and how he survived numerous ghettos, and Auschwitz and the death march," Unger said.Others shared stories similar to Unger's during the event.
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