When acknowledging true evil, a positive and a negative commandment are imposed upon Jews: remember; don't forget.
At first glance these commandments are synonymous, one the flip side of the other. And basically that is correct; it is the comprehensiveness of the commandment that is important.But there are some slight differences which is the reason for the emphasis.
Remember: this positive commandment is active; to be aware of the evil incident(s)or its potential at all times.
Don't forget: a passive warning——not to let the details and meaning slip away or subject to distortions.
Long after this week's very public commemoration of the 60th year of the liberation of the death hell that was Auschwitz; long after the passing of the final victim——Remember! Don't forget!
Here are some articles to help you remember so you won't forget.
Ethel C. Fenig 1 25 05
Inside the Heart of Darkness
Survivors struggle with poverty, memories — Sixty years after the end of the war, a new study paints a portrait of Holocaust survivors in America, replete with their accomplishments and struggles.
Soldiers remember liberating Auschwitz — Allied soldiers who liberated the concentration camps of Europe recount their memories of the horrors, with many still feeling an urgent need to testify about what they encountered.
Op—Ed: The new promise of Poland — It's not just the past, but also the future, writes Tad Taube, who is helping to revitalize Poland's small Jewish community.
Learning how to teach the Holocaust — A seminar coordinated by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous helps educators learn how to teach the Holocaust so that their students will better understand how this genocide could happen.
On anniversary, Poland remembers Auschwitz — Each year, the liberation of Auschwitz—Birkenau by Soviet forces is marked on Jan. 27, but this year the 60th anniversary has given Poland, site of the most infamous Nazi death camps, a special opportunity for remembrance and reflection.
Study: Auschwitz trip builds Jewish identity — The March of the Living, a program that takes teenagers to Auschwitz and then to Israel, is effective in building Jewish identity, a new study found.
'Auschwitz treasure' found — Archaeologists working from a Holocaust survivor's memory have unearthed a trove of Jewish ritual objects from the site of a destroyed synagogue in the Polish town where Auschwitz was built.
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