On the cusp of this yearâs annual Holocaust Martyrsâ and Heroesâ Remembrance Day commemoration, a highly inimitable event took place in southern Israel.
A group of young adults from Germany, including direct descendants of Nazi Wehrmacht soldiers and/or members of the SS, met with area Holocaust survivors to ask for forgiveness and to gain much-needed closure for the sins of their grandparents and great-grandparents.
The event was organized by ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran, a rehabilitative village in Israelâs south, and one of two residential centers run by the ADI organization (the second is in Jerusalem), whose mission is to provide residential, medical and rehabilitative care for Israelis with severe disabilities from infancy and childhood through adulthood.