Invitation to the Annual Memorial Service for the Martyrs of Sighet Marmaros

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Invitation to the Annual Memorial Service for the Martyrs of Sighet Marmaros

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Unspecified day in May, 2012

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This document is an invitation from the 'Organization of Sighet Marmaros Survivors in Israel' to the annual memorial service (Azkarah) for the victims of the Holocaust from their city. Dated May 2012, it announces the event will take place on May 24, 2012, at Beit Hazikaron in Tel Aviv. The invitation highlights the special attendance of Nobel laureate Prof. Eli Wiesel, who will light a memorial candle and speak. The program also includes a lecture by the author Menachem Michaelson about Rabbi Pirer's organization 'Ezra LeMarpeh'. The invitation is extended to all former residents of Sighet and their descendants. Due to the organization's dwindling funds, a participation fee of 40 NIS per person is being introduced to cover costs. The document is issued by the association's board.

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העמותה וועד. to מרמורש כל. 2012. “Invitation to the Annual Memorial Service for the Martyrs of Sighet Marmaros”. Compound Object. Organization Papertrail. Invitation to the Annual Memorial Service for the Martyrs of Sighet Marmaros. Elie Wiesel Digital Archive. https://grayzel.gratz.edu/ew/invitation-annual-memorial-service-martyrs-sighet-marmaros.

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