'This Silent Place' (The Washington Post Article by Cindy Loose)
On a visit to Holocaust sites in Eastern Europe, a Washington tour group celebrates Jewish life -- and witnesses the attempt to destroy it. Read the whole article . . .

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"Thanks for a memorable experience. I appreciate your knowledge, your fervor, your dedication and your emotion for this awful era in human history. I am still grappling with what to do with all that I now know and feel."

Memorial Service under the bombed crematorium of Auschwitz—Birknau

"I will remember this trip for the rest of my life. Your knowledge, emotion, and energy are something I truly admire. Word has already gotten around to our family and friends about you and how you made this trip into a truly amazing experience. I hope that some of them will choose to take the journey with you in the future.
     Like almost every other Jewish girl, I always knew it was important to go to temple and to marry a Jewish man, but now, it takes on a whole new meaning. Not only is it my mission to keep the Jewish religion alive, but also the Jewish culture."

“I wanted to thank you for the eye opening and emotionally moving experience you gave me during the Jewish Heritage trip.  I was touched in a way that I didn't think imaginable.  The Jewish culture and civilization in Eastern Europe was lost, but I feel that the connection you helped us make there gave that culture and civilization another life.  The dead souls of those Jews were resurrected inside of me.  I will always carry the thoughts and images that I witnessed there for the rest of my life.  Playing my trombone at the theatre in Terezin was an especially touching moment for me.  I feel closer to my roots than ever before and I plan to pass this experience onto generations that follow. The victims of the Holocaust will be forever engrained in my memory and their spirits will live on.”