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Elmhurst History & Cemeteries Preservation Society (EHCPS), Inside Elmhurst, Historic Districts Council, and local residents held a candlelight vigil in front of the Walentyna Janta House in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.The event outside the home at 88-28 43rd Avenue attracted over 30 attendees on what is also the anniversary of the Warsaw uprising, a major WWII operation in 1944.Guest speakers included Rabbi Eli Blokh of Chabad of Forest Hills North, event organizer Alfonso Quiroz of Inside Elmhurst, and Leon Sherman, a 102-year-old Queens resident who survived five concentration camps, including Auschwitz.Rabbi Blokh called Sherman “a living testament to the fact that resistance is not only with guns, but is with the spirit and the soul and with love and hope.” “Leon is a survivor and a fighter in all those senses, and his faith keeps him alive,” he said. “People like Leon and Mrs. Janta show by example that heroes are those who make the right choices, even when everyone else around them is making the wrong choices.” Sherman showed the “B2593” mark that was imprinted on his arm by the Nazis. “They told us you have a number, no name,” he said. “Whenever they call this number, you have to answer. They told us the only way out is through the chimney. I saw the chimney burning day and night.”

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Elmhurst History & Cemeteries Preservation Society (EHCPS), Inside Elmhurst, Historic Districts Council, and local residents held a candlelight vigil in front of the Walentyna Janta House in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.The event outside the home at 88-28 43rd Avenue attracted over 30 attendees on what is also the anniversary of the Warsaw uprising, a major WWII operation in 1944.Guest speakers included Rabbi Eli Blokh of Chabad of Forest Hills North, event organizer Alfonso Quiroz of Inside Elmhurst, and Leon Sherman, a 102-year-old Queens resident who survived five concentration camps, including Auschwitz.Rabbi Blokh called Sherman “a living testament to the fact that resistance is not only with guns, but is with the spirit and the soul and with love and hope.” “Leon is a survivor and a fighter in all those senses, and his faith keeps him alive,” he said. “People like Leon and Mrs. Janta show by example that heroes are those who make the right choices, even when everyone else around them is making the wrong choices.” Sherman showed the “B2593” mark that was imprinted on his arm by the Nazis. “They told us you have a number, no name,” he said. “Whenever they call this number, you have to answer. They told us the only way out is through the chimney. I saw the chimney burning day and night.”

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Our columnist, @michaelhperlman, is the proud owner of a rare MacDonald Memorial Games medal that represents Forest Hills and WWI history at its finest! It features Forest Hills'-own WWI veteran, Captain Gerald MacDonald (1882 – 1929), who served in the 22nd & 12th Engineers. MacDonald Park was named in his honor in 1933, & our park's statue's date of inscription & dedication coincides with this 1934 medal. His brother Henry MacDonald was a member of American Forest Hills Post No. 630 & a WWI naval reservist, who spearheaded the campaign to name our park in his honor. American Legion Post 630 donated funds for the statue that was sculpted by Frederic de Henwood, Henry MacDonald’s brother-in-law. Henry Deacy was the architect.

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Our columnist, @michaelhperlman, is the proud owner of a rare MacDonald Memorial Games medal that represents Forest Hills and WWI history at its finest! It features Forest Hills'-own WWI veteran, Captain Gerald MacDonald (1882 – 1929), who served in the 22nd & 12th Engineers. MacDonald Park was named in his honor in 1933, & our park's statue's date of inscription & dedication coincides with this 1934 medal. His brother Henry MacDonald was a member of American Forest Hills Post No. 630 & a WWI naval reservist, who spearheaded the campaign to name our park in his honor. American Legion Post 630 donated funds for the statue that was sculpted by Frederic de Henwood, Henry MacDonald’s brother-in-law. Henry Deacy was the architect.

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