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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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KarenWheeler · 27/01/2026 17:37

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ScarlettOYara · 27/01/2026 17:34

Never forget 🕯️
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marmitegirl01 · 27/01/2026 17:33

Thank you for this. I saw a candle lit in a window on my way home and wondered the significance. 🕯️

Pollqueen · 27/01/2026 17:33

Candle lit. Lest we forget 🇮🇱

JHarry · 27/01/2026 17:32

God bless them all x

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 27/01/2026 17:31

My father too was in the 23rd Hussars who liberated Bergen-Belsen. I'll be saying a prayer tonight.

candle GIF
caringcarer · 27/01/2026 17:31

SpaceRaccoon · 27/01/2026 09:04

Thank you for the reminder, I will do so.

Me too.

ExpressCheckout · 27/01/2026 17:27

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chrsanthenum · 27/01/2026 17:27

Thank you for the reminder - I
will light a candle to remember.

ArchieStar · 27/01/2026 17:26

Amen.

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loislovesstewie · 27/01/2026 17:24

That is so unbearably sad. 💔
( sorry that was to @Bikergran )

Hamiltonfan · 27/01/2026 17:24

Thank you x

Theda13 · 27/01/2026 17:24

My candle is in place. (It had to be an LED one because my cats love to sit on the window sill.)

In remembrance. ❤️

I hope you can light a candle tonight
Bikergran · 27/01/2026 17:23

My first husband was one-quarter Jewish, but never knew until his brother did family research. His grandfather left Germany just before WW1, and decided he would have a better chance of thriving if he simply stopped being Jewish. He married an English girl, and they lived in London, where they had my father-in-law, who was brought up CofE, as were his children. When my brother-in-law did research, he discovered that virtually the entire family otherwise had been murdered in the Holocaust. He tracked down one elderly female cousin, who wept as she held him, and said he was the only blood relative she had met since the war.

Yes, I will light a candle.

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 27/01/2026 17:22

MyCatTibby · 27/01/2026 09:58

Light a candle tonight at 8pm and put it in your window if you can.

Will do, thank you for the reminder OP

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 27/01/2026 17:17

I cannot light a physical candle as I am away from home tonight. But I am and will be thinking of all those poor lost souls and the men who suffered so much in their efforts to help liberate them. May they all rest in eternal peace 🕯️.

Craftysue · 27/01/2026 17:12

A candle will be lit here tonight

jeremyclarksonsthirdnipple · 27/01/2026 17:10

Just done my candle.

Rainb0w · 27/01/2026 16:42

Lamelie · 27/01/2026 09:47

✡️🕯️
I will remember them.
And can I share here a lovely Kaddish?
Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world
which He has created according to His will.
May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days,
and within the life of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon;
and say, Amen.
May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.
Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, extolled and honored,
adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He,
beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that
are ever spoken in the world; and say, Amen.
May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us
and for all Israel; and say, Amen.
He who creates peace in His celestial heights,
may He create peace for us and for all Israel;
and say, Amen.

I will remember.
Amen.

DoubleShotEspresso · 27/01/2026 16:41

I am so grateful to not only see this thread exists, but that the comments have all been so kind and respectful.

Have spent today explaining this horrific piece of history in the context of home school for our child, with the backdrop of the world today, it has been a very sobering day. We attended a local event this afternoon to mark this, which was beautifully done and will be lighting a candle at 8.

Extra prayers tonight.

MaidOfSteel · 27/01/2026 16:41

I absolutely will be lighting a candle. They will live forever in our hearts.

Iamacatslave · 27/01/2026 16:38

Thank you for the reminder.

Oopsylazy · 27/01/2026 16:36

I will say a little prayer 🙏

NeedToKnow101 · 27/01/2026 16:36

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TryingAgainAgainAgain · 27/01/2026 16:35

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