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I hope you can light a candle tonight

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IWillNeverForget · 27/01/2026 08:59

Holocaust memorial day.

I will light a candle tonight and hope others might do too.

Silent remembrance.

🕯

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IWillNeverForget · 28/01/2026 09:27

JennyWren5 · 28/01/2026 00:52

Thank you for this. I forgot to light a candle, but was just looking to see if I could light a virtual candle online and this website came up: https://www.illuminatethepast.org/candle/536c5d3b-74c0-4610-b301-540b70964a6e.

Many thanks for sharing ❤️

I have visited that site this morning. How lovely, you can light a candle in remembrance of an individual.

My personal remembrance was for:

Regina Heitlerova
of blessed memory
Born 1864 in unknown place,
Regina was killed in the Holocaust at the approximate age of 79
❤️

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PullTheBricksDown · 28/01/2026 00:33

🕯lit ours too. Never forget.

CollieModdle · 28/01/2026 00:11

My candle was for my 4 cousins who would not exist had their mother not come out on Kindertransport.

Also for the kin of my grandmother’s family: Roma.

Love and light to all.

louderthan · 27/01/2026 23:43

I used to work at the Imperial War Museum and spent many hours in the Holocaust exhibition. The pictures, film footage and survivor testimonials have stuck with me ever since.
Light in the darkness tonight.

MrsMillyFluff · 27/01/2026 23:38

❤️

TheDutchHouse · 27/01/2026 23:32

🕯️

christmassytimeagain · 27/01/2026 22:30

I have. For my grandfather who came on the kindertransport age 9 and for my grandmother who survived Belsen. May their memories be a blessing. Baruch Dayan Ha’emet

MissHollyGolightly · 27/01/2026 22:28

🕯️

CVK · 27/01/2026 22:21

🕯️

Foxhasbigsocks · 27/01/2026 22:08

Thinking of all those who died and their families.

TryingAgainAgainAgain · 27/01/2026 22:07

Thank you, @IWillNeverForget 💙

I hope you can light a candle tonight
MsSmartShoes · 27/01/2026 22:02

I lit a candle and remembered. 🕯️

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IWillNeverForget · 27/01/2026 21:23

Thank you so much for the respectful and lovely, supportive posts and the amazing care and support shown.

Special thanks and support for those who shared their and their families experiences 🤗

Never forget 🕯

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NeartoNewquay · 27/01/2026 20:47

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BastardtheCat · 27/01/2026 20:27

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I hope you can light a candle tonight
BastardtheCat · 27/01/2026 20:26

Candle is lit.
thanks for reminding us OP.

Lest we forget.

Fingalscave · 27/01/2026 20:24

My candle is lit and burning bright. Never forget.

rainbowruthie · 27/01/2026 20:22

@Ipsevenenabibas thank you Amen

SpuytenDuyvil · 27/01/2026 20:17

💝

RichardMarxisinnocent · 27/01/2026 20:16

It's a little late, but I've just put an LED candle in the window.
Like others on here, my grandfather was among the first British troops at Bergen Belsen. He didn't talk much about what he saw, but what he did tell some of my relatives was unimaginable horror.
May their memories be a blessing.

PurpleThistle7 · 27/01/2026 20:13

In memory of my family

I hope you can light a candle tonight
Mikabli · 27/01/2026 20:13

May their memories be a blessing

NutButterOnToast · 27/01/2026 20:13

IWillNeverForget · 27/01/2026 09:19

Thank you.

It's 81 years this year.

https://hmd.org.uk/

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Thank you for the reminder

Alittlefrustrated · 27/01/2026 20:11

Done - thankyou for the prompt OP

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