Community-wide observance: All are invited to a free Yom HaShoah commemoration, which serves as a teaching mechanism on what hatred and indifference can do. In addition to memorial prayers and the lighting of six torches, Shir Harmony, a Jewish women's a cappella group will perform. Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden MJCCA-Zaban Park. 3:30-6 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Registration requested. 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. www.atlantajcc.org.
Author discussion: In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, author Sandy Berman will discuss her book "Klara with a K." The book details Klara Werner's move from Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany to Atlanta during the civil rights years. Berman has interviewed Holocaust survivors, worked as a museum archivist and Holocaust historian and specializes in the history of Jewish life in the South. The discussion is free. 2-3 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Information: 770-640-3075. 115 Norcross Street, Roswell. www.afpls.org/roswell-branch6.
Living memorial: As part of Atlanta Blooms, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's 5th annual bulb festival, nearly 1,000 new Narcissus have been added to the garden. This floral installation acknowledges the Daffodil Project, a worldwide effort memorializing the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. The festival runs through April. Tickets are $12.95 to $18.95 plus tax. 1345 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta. www.atlantabg.org.
In solidarity: Join the community of St. Ann's Catholic Church as they unite with Etz Chaim Synagogue for a vigil service for Yom HaShoah from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. There will be a brief prayer service, which will include a message from Holocaust survivor Hershel Greenblat. Information: www.etzchaim.org. 4905 Roswell Road, Marietta. www.st-ann.org.
Art exhibit: Kennesaw State University is home to "Parallel Journeys: World War II and the Holocaust through the Eyes of Teens." The permanent exhibit is part of The Museum of History and Holocaust Education and features the testimonies of 40 teenagers. Elie Wiesel, an Auschwitz survivor and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler's personal secretary, and lesser-known teens who survived concentrations camps, hid from the Nazis, led rescue efforts, served as soldiers or aided people who were targeted by the Nazis are presented in the exhibit. The free exhibit is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. 3333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw. www.kennesaw.edu.
Her story: At 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3, Penina Bowman, an Auschwitz survivor from Romania who married an American GI, will share her story as part of "Bearing Witness: Unforgettable Stories from the Holocaust" at The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Guided tours of the Holocaust Gallery will be given from 12-2 p.m. Free. 1440 Spring Street NW, Atlanta. www.thebreman.org.
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