Pascha (Easter) in Dachau

BTW, perhaps the most beautiful icon I've ever seen is the one painted inside the Orthodox Christian chapel at Dachau. It depicts Jesus Christ throwing open the gates of the concentration camp. Bless, Doug

Not to be picky, but were there any Jews left alive to celebrate Passover? Is there a record or monument that 1/3 to 1/2 of all the inmates at Dachau were Jewish? Did Jesus throw the camp doors open for the Jews? This makes me think of the giant cross erected at Auschwitz. Has even our memory been obliterated?

Thank you Fr. Dcn. Raphael and a blessed Easter to you. I think, however, that if the majority of Christians there had aided and abetted Jews, there would be a lot more Jews alive today. Instead, we were mostly just out of mind. I just don't want to see sucha place become a shrine to one group alone, lest the others be forgotten.

It is important to remember both that Jews in the death camps were pariahs of pariahs, as well as being particularly singled out for killing AND ALSO that many others were killed for who they were and/or how they resisted (including helping Jews). It is also worth noting that in every faith there are stories of those who kept faith, in whatever way, in the most unimaginable horrors (Dachau and the Holocaust being only one example). These stories are inspiring and humbling, but even more so when we, the listeners, can hold in our minds both the particular meaning to us and our people and the universal qualities that these heroes demonstrate.