The power of grassroots

by John Geysen

Dora is a survivor, one of the lucky few. She was 20 years old and living in Nazi-occupied Paris when her mother, father, and brother were arrested. While returning from work she was warned not to go back to her home in the historic Jewish section of the city.

She was saved by a gentile family that hid her and 16 other people in the basement of their bakery.

A lifetime later, Dora has inspired a new grassroots campaign with local ties. The Remember Six Million project will commemorate the victims of the holocaust. In turn it hopes to raise awareness and help prevent future genocides.

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