Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano dies at the age of 96

[Behind the Aegis]

6. May her memory be eternal.

As another link to our past, a link to the Jewish past, dies, another voice leaves an important chorus. Holocaust denial and minimalization have been ongoing, and increasing in past years. First-hand witnesses, like her, are important to combat the idiocy. Furthermore, with more and more people misusing the Holocaust in analogies, or using the memories of people like her to bolster their own bigoted agendas, her loss is even more profound. Some never miss the opportunity to devalue the Jew and her/his life, even upon her/his passing.