From Darkness to Light From Auschwitz
to Israel
My dear
family and friends around the
world
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In Poland
we have absolutely
wonderful tour
guide.They call him
-educator from Yad
Vashem
Who has
tremendous amount of
knowledge about
Holocaust, his
father worked in Yad
Vashem and his wife
works there too and
they are very
dedicated to the
memory of 6 millions
murdered Jews.
On
a wings and
prayers
After our
delegation flu on
Israeli
military jet
to Israeli Military
Air Force base. All
clearance , customs,
security were done
in Krakow hotel by
Israeli team which
came to us to Poland
from Israel.
This my
visit to Israel
# 19
And first time I did
not land at Ben
Gurion airport.
Flight was so
smooth, no one
turbulence , cockpit
door was open and
they educate us
about technology
and security
of planes.
We had a
lot of soldiers
and officers
with us and we
talked to them and
became friends.
We had a
very warm welcome
with music, dancing
and always a lot of
delicious food and
than tour of the Air
base and
different extremely
sophisticated planes
and “kids” 20
something who
learn and fly
them.
We came to
Jerusalem to King
David hotel the
best old historic
hotel, in the room
they constantly
show the history
of hotel and
employees who are
mostly Arabs and
most of them work
here for 20-30
years and met all
the world
famous
people staying
here.
Click on photos
Next day
we visited a base
where dogs are
trained, The only
unit In Israel and
saw the
demonstration
-live training
how they smell
explosive checking
cars and fences and
search and rescue
operation.
Handler
and the dog has a
very strong bond and
we saw the dog
cemetery , each dog
has a human
name, fallen dogs
honored the
same way as
soldiers
And there
is a monument
to a dog
serving the country
of Israel and giving
his life to Israel.
Only in
IDF and only in
Israel.!!!!!!
The same
way only in Israel
there is a
school to train dogs
for blind people for
the whole Middle
East.
In the
evening was a start
of Yom HaZikaron -
Memorial Day for
23 741
soldiers and 3 150
victims of terror
including 5 people
in the latest
Hamas 700 rockets
send to a
civilian population.
click
on arrows in
upper right corner
on photos
At
Memorial day
we went to
Ammunition
Hall in
Jerusalem
to learn about
a very heavy
battle for
Jerusalem in 6
Day war in
1967
Grandfather
tell about his
battle for
Jerusalem and
now his
grandson is
serving in the
Army.
See
the photo of
Memorial to 17
Jordanian
soldiers who
were
guards
on the
Jordanian side
of the
dividing
street in
Jerusalen for
many years and exchanged
coffee
with
guards on
Israeli side
and were
killed in
battle.
Israelis
as
humanitarians
put a
memorial for
them-
their enemies
and returned
all bodies to
the families.
Only in
Israel, only
IDF
click
on photos
The
saddest day in
Israel
Memorial day,
everybody goes
to cemeteries
to visit
fallen
soldiers
and victims of
terrors
attacks,
second siren
is sound at 11
am , people and
transportation
stop for 2
minutes in
silence and
grief to pay
respect.
At
the sundown
2
minutes later
starts the
happiest day
in Israel
Independence
day, Yom
Haatzmaut, 71
St
birthday
of Israel
partying,
dancing,
singing,
eating.
Our
delegation was
invited for
diplomatic
reception at
the residency
of President
of Israel
Mr.
Rivlin
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on photos
Our
delegation visited
9/11 Memorial
Plaza
near Jerusalem
where all
almost 3000 names of
murdered
people by Muslim
terrorists are
written in
stone.
Outside
US it is done only
in Israel.
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photos
We
traveled with 2
survivors of
Auschwitz,
ladies
90 years old who
told us about
their daily live
before the war
and their daily
horror during
the war in the
camps, how they
lost all their
families , many
were killed in
front of
their eyes, you
see their photos
in different
places.
What
wonderful strong
appreciative
special people
they are.They go
back to
Auschwitz again
and again with
young people to
educate them in
spite of their
emotional pain.
After
we came back one
of them was on
National TV
telling her
story.
Please
watch,
click few
times and you
can listen to
Sofia Klisman
from our
mission.
