Sei-in Remy Jordan experienced an interfaith retreat ‘bearing witness’ to the horrors of Auschwitz and Birkenau
More than six million Jewish people were killed in the atrocities of the Holocaust. Others were also targeted, including Gypsies and homosexuals. Each year, on January 27, a day of international remembrance marks the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, by Soviet troops in 1945.
Over the years, many people have visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, and other Nazi death camps, to educate themselves about what happened and to help prevent such atrocities from ever happening again. A group called the Zen Peacemakers held a “bearing witness” retreat at Auschwitz in the spring of 2010. Zen practitioner Sei-in Remy Jordan from Victoria, B.C. was there.
We speak with Sei-in Remy Jordan.
