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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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Cocolapew · 27/01/2026 16:31

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PurpleThistle7 · 27/01/2026 16:30

My grandfather was there for the liberation. As we are Jewish it was particularly intense for him. He never spoke of it and my dad didn’t even know for decades. Will of course light a candle in remembrance.

Bigpaintinglittlepainting · 27/01/2026 16:28

I will light a candle to remember. Thank you 🙏

Velvian · 27/01/2026 16:26

Thank you OP. I will light a candle, very important for us all to remember.

urghhh47 · 27/01/2026 16:25

It's actually my birthday today and I make sure that I light a candle and take a few moments to remember all those who were murdered in the camps and elsewhere during the war.

gototogo · 27/01/2026 16:21

I light a candle every year, my friend’s father was part of the final group to escape on the kinder transport, he lost his whole family.

rainbowruthie · 27/01/2026 16:20

Yes I will light a candle

Theda13 · 27/01/2026 16:18

I’ll be placing a candle in the window today too. Well, an LED one, not a real one.

Thank you for the reminder. ❤️

DrCoconut · 27/01/2026 16:17

ginasevern · 27/01/2026 10:36

I won't be able to light a physical candle (for reasons too lengthy to explain) but I will light a candle in my heart to honour them. My father was one of the first British medics to witness the unadulterated evil of the Nazi regime at Bergen Belsen. Let no-one ever be in any doubt.

My uncle was among those first troops into Belsen too. He went on to take his own life as a result of the damage it did mentally. We must never forget what prejudice and hate can lead to and it's more relevant than ever in the current climate.

NeedMoreTea · 27/01/2026 16:13

Thankyou for the reminder x.

littleburn · 27/01/2026 15:43

Yes we will tonight x

braggingaboutbrasize · 27/01/2026 15:34

Thank you for this OP

KittyWilkinson · 27/01/2026 15:23

ginasevern · 27/01/2026 14:05

I could've written this myself REP. My father too was in the RAMC and had terrible nightmares after witnessing Belsen. He had always been a strong Roman Catholic but lost his faith too. He was essentially a broken man.

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Same story here. My brother has drawings given to our Uncle by children in the camp.
They are very precious. We found them after he died in the 1980's, in a little cubby hole at his house along with some other memories. Rest their souls.

namechange62 · 27/01/2026 14:48

I've got my candle ready..

CollieModdle · 27/01/2026 14:39

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Hazlenuts2016 · 27/01/2026 14:30

Thanks OP.

inamarina · 27/01/2026 14:28

Thank you, OP 🕯️✡️

Somethingsnapped · 27/01/2026 14:16

Thank you op. I will, and I'll be thinking of them all, including my own grandfather's parents, murdered by the nazis.

ERthree · 27/01/2026 14:11

A candle will burn bright here.

loislovesstewie · 27/01/2026 14:07

May their memories be a blessing forever.
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I shall light a candle tonight and remember.

ginasevern · 27/01/2026 14:05

REP22 · 27/01/2026 13:47

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With you @IWillNeverForget. My late grandfather was in a RAMC unit in WWII - he was, like @ginasevern's father and @KittyWilkinson's uncle, in with the division that liberated Bergen Belsen. He never could sleep at night after then, for the rest of his long life.

I wish we would learn the lessons from history. But some refuse to.

In loving and respectful memory. x

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I could've written this myself REP. My father too was in the RAMC and had terrible nightmares after witnessing Belsen. He had always been a strong Roman Catholic but lost his faith too. He was essentially a broken man.

tuvamoodyson · 27/01/2026 14:01

Thank you for the reminder.

ThatshallotBaby · 27/01/2026 13:59

I think of them often, and especially today. ❤️

StasisMom · 27/01/2026 13:59

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IWillNeverForget · 27/01/2026 13:52

Thank you to those that have shared stories and the lovely comments.

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