Jenna Hutton-Murdoch
LESSONS from the past provoked thought at Alkira Secondary College’s fourth annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony.
Students, teachers and special guests joined survivors at the Cranbourne North school on Thursday 8 September.
Holocaust survivor Peter Gaspar told students: “The Holocaust did not just happen, it was allowed to happen.”
The ceremony served as a reminder to students not to tolerate racism, bullying or prejudice and gave them a chance to celebrate human kindness.
Such kindness, Polish nurse and social worker Irena Sendler (1910-2008) showed during the tragic time.
Ms Sendler defied the Nazis by smuggling around 2500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and providing them with false identity documents and shelter.
Students also heard from Holocaust survivor Les Kausman who said, “From evil shines a light that can illuminate the path for the next generation”.
