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A village employee who had accompanied us said proudly, “Soon we will be placing a memorial stone here.” My father answered in disgust, “You burn our synagogues, force us out of our homes and try to exterminate us. And now you think a stone marker will make everything all right?” He shook his head. “We Jews are still here and will never forget.”

Now, seventy-five years after Kristallnacht and as my father’s third yahrzeit approaches, his words still echo in my mind.

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“We Jews are still here and we will never forget.”


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Ed Lion is a former reporter for United Press International now living in the Poconos.