The DAIA and the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum commemorated the Holocaust and Heroism Day, on the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In front of more than two thousand people, The conductor Ángel Mahler presented a musical overture dedicated to the victims of the Shoah and the people murdered on October 7 in the terrorist attack against the State of Israel.
The central event was attended by presidententity of the Nation, Javier Milei; survivors of Nazism, relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas, national, provincial and municipal authorities, judges, political leaders, diplomats, representatives of different religious denominations, community leaders, among others.
In this frame, eThe singer Juan Rodó performed the Argentine National Anthem and Hatikva, the national anthem of the State of Israel, accompanied by the José de San Martín National Youth Symphony Orchestra and National Polyphonic Choir.
At the beginning of the event the survivors of nazi horror MarietteDiamond, Helen Gutkowski, Claudia piperno, Ruth Marshal, JosetteLaznowski and Eve Dicker, they lit six see hers in memory of the 6 millions of victims.Nestor and Dana Chimiel, uncle and cousin ofiair y eitanHorn, who still isncaptives in Gaza, they lit a candle in remembrance of the people massacred by the terrorist group last october.
In his address, the president of the DAIA, Jorge Knoblovits, recalled that "the Shoah is not a Jewish issue. It is an open hell at the heart of history," and added that "as in a sinister deja-vu, the world has just witnessed, shocked, the massacre of October 7."
«Whoever ignores the horror is promoting that complicit indifference, that supposed neutrality that dehumanizes him and puts him on the side of the murderers. He who does not raise his voice and does not take the side of the victims multiplies crime. He is even worse, because he irresponsibly ignores the threat that is on his own head," said the head of the representative entity of the Argentine Jewish community.
For its part, el president of the museum of the holocaust, Marcelo Mindlin, ratified "in this very difficult year, the Museum once again invites each and every one of you to carry out joint actions with each of the organizations you represent, to raise awareness, to educate and to strengthen links with all areas of our society. We can all do something. Many are already doing it. Others have joined along the way. There is so much to do. The only thing we can't do is do nothing. "We will be here to multiply efforts in a coordinated manner, because circumstances demand it."
During the event, the actor Franco Rovetta performed a performance in tribute toThe artist Marcel Marceau, "the most famous mime in the world", remembered for having saved hundreds of children during World War II.
Also, the survivorPeter Roth, plastic artist, photographer and film director born in Budapest, shared his history ythe meaning that art has for your life.
Roth stressed that “art and culture are tools that have given me the possibility of telling stories, of living. Through my paintings I can tell, relate what happened. A way to download through what I remember. A bridge between that past and this present. I want to leave a message of remembrance and resistance. In these sensitive times in the world for the Jewish people, being here today is a brave and essential act. "Today we remember the victims and survivors who, with their stories, keep the memory alive so that it never happens again." At the end of his speech the artist signed one of the drawings of him on stage.
In the last speech, Javier Milei He stressed that “when a battle is fought between good and evil, between freedom and oppression and between civilization and barbarism, taking sides is not an option among others but a moral obligation. “Today we are here to remember perhaps the greatest tragedy in the history of humanity.” And he added: “God is not going to accept justification in his sole judgment, he is not going to judge us for what we believed, but for what we did. "Denouncing Islamic terrorism is an obligation."
“The scourge of Islamic terrorism on Israel and the Jewish people is not a problem foreign to us, Argentines. This affects us directly, first because 21 Argentines were murdered by Hamas on that tragic day. “20 more Argentines were kidnapped and today, 7 months after the attack, there are at least 8 compatriots, for whom we still do not know if they are still among us or have passed on to another life.”
Flatly, the President of the Nation warned that “Hamas's intention on October 7 was the same as that of the Nazis, to directly and deliberately murder innocent people” and that “not turning a blind eye is the only way to prevent the Shoah.” "Do not repeat yourself."
The ceremony ended with the musical tableau Haba fence («A property« in hebrew), and the Partisans' Anthem.