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Hundreds gather in Spring Garden to remember Holocaust victims

Written by Emma Needleman | Apr 28, 2019 3:17:06 PM

More than a thousand people from the Philadelphia region gathered to remember victims of the Holocaust. For the Holocaust survivors in attendance, the tragedy in San Diego was fresh on their minds.

“It’s unbelievable that people would still carry such hatred we have to learn to live together or fall apart,” said David Wisnia, who escaped a concentration camp.