We Remember - Holocaust Remembrance Event

We Remember is a Holocaust remembrance program inspired and designed to remember those lost in the Holocaust as well as inspire understanding and unity. Holocaust Remembrance, or Yom HaShoah in Hebrew, memorializes the estimated 12 million people, six million of them Jews, and other people murdered in the Holocaust, as well as the heroism of the survivors and rescuers.

For this year’s observance, Lab Theater is inviting the southwest Florida community to come together to pay respects to the Holocaust victims in a show of support and mutual understanding of the steep cost of hate, indifference, and fear.

Speakers and readers will include clergy, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of the Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Dr. Robert Hilliard, a WWII liberator and rescuer, and various community leaders.

Sharing Holocaust remembrance with diverse community members will help us to see the shared struggles and commonalities between us as humans, as well as build unity and foster understanding of our differences.

“If we are to truly honor the memory of the Holocaust victims and help stop ongoing and future genocidal atrocities, we must be vigilant and aware of hate-fueled persecution happening to any members of the human family and act in any way we can to help them not suffer the same consequences as the victims of the Holocaust did,” said Ella Nayor, Laboratory Theater of Florida Holocaust and Human Rights Education Outreach Director.

The use of instrumental music, song, and special lighting will allow patrons and guests the opportunity to understand the importance of honoring the memories of those murdered, as well as the need to educate each new generation to help prevent another Holocaust from happening again.

Join us for an evening of remembrance, unity, and connection on Monday, May 5, at 7 pm. Tickets are on sale now for $10, and donations will be collected for the Lab Theater’s education programming. Tickets are available on the theater's website, www.laboratorytheaterflorida.com, or by calling the box office at 239.291.2905.