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From YouTube: Holocaust Memorial Press Conference
Description
Mayor Walsh makes it clear that hatred and racism have no place in the city of Boston. Alongside many elected officials and clergy, Mayor Walsh denounced the vandalism to the New England Holocaust Memorial. It is the second time the memorial has been damaged this year, after remaining untouched since its construction 22 years ago.
A
A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
thank
you
for
being
here
on
very
short
notice.
I
know
it's
almost
shocking
to
us
that
we
are
back
here
six
weeks
later,
it's
shocking
to
us
to
be
here
after
the
events
of
this
last
weekend
in
Virginia,
it's
shocking
to
us
to
be
here
a
day
after
mayor
Walsh
and
governor
Baker
brought
together
the
Interfaith
community
and
political
leadership
just
across
the
street
in
front
of
City
Hall
to
say
that
there
was
no
space
for
hate
in
Boston,
but
here
we
are
again
for
the
second
time.
A
This
summer
the
New
England
Holocaust
Memorial
has
been
desecrated
after
22
years
of
being
untouched
for
the
media,
just
information,
my
name
is
Jeremy
Burton,
je
re,
my
bu
rton
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Jewish
communal
Asian's
Council.
We
are
going
to
hear
from
a
number
of
people.
Who've
all
been
asked
to
be
brief,
so
hopefully
they'll
work
along
with
you
and
we
will
hear
first
from
Mayor
Walsh
and
the
mayor
Christianson
of
Malden.
A
And
then
we
will
hear
from
several
ministers
a
member
of
the
Holocaust
survivor
community,
a
member
of
the
generation
after
second
generation
of
the
survivor
community,
as
well
as
Barry
Schrag,
the
CEO
of
combined
Jewish
Philanthropies,
which
is
the
manager
of
this
property
on
behalf
of
the
Jewish
community
and
the
city
of
Boston.
So
first
up
we're
very
appreciative
to
have
mayor
Marty,
Walsh,
Thank,.
B
You
Jeremy
and
I
want
to
thank
the
Jewish
Community
Relations
Council.
Certainly
we're
all
upset
that
we're
gathered
here
again
into
such
try
over
circumstances
and
with
I've
received
many
phone
calls
today,
and
many
of
them
may
hear
from
elected
officials
from
both
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
around
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
I'd
like
to
thank
them.
We
have
city,
council,
maxfield,
north
us
city,
councilman
O'malley
with
us
state
representative,
Michael
Flaherty,
with
us
George
take'em
city
councilor
in
eastern
sabe,
George,
state,
representative,
Jim
Kent.
B
Well,
obviously,
the
Speaker
the
house
is
here
with
us
as
well
today,
Thank
You.
Mr.
speaker,
we
have
mayor
Christensen
he's
here
with
us
as
well
from
Malden
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor,
will
come
up
and
speak
in
a
few
minutes
and
all
the
other
elected
officials
if
I
miss
you
I
apologize.
Certainly
Commissioner
Evans
is
with
us
as
well
the
wounds
from
the
last
time
this
one
Moria
was
broken
just
six
weeks
ago.
Still
very
fresh.
My
heart
goes
out
to
all
the
Holocaust
survivors
and
family
members
and
members
of
the
Jewish
community.
B
We
don't
know
exactly
what
the
motives
are,
what
happened
here,
but
we
are
worried,
something
that
this
is
a
resurgence
of
hatred
and
we're.
Seeing
today
in
this
country,
it's
a
climate
that
encourages
hate
and
attitudes
and
actions
that
our
country
has
worked
hard
to
overcome,
we're
not
going
to
grow
up
going,
we're
not
gonna
get
into
letting
that
climate
grow
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
about
time.
We
need
to
turn
the
page
and
move
on
our
Holocaust
survivors
teach
us
never
to
forget.
That's
what
this
memorial
teaches
us
as
well.
B
That
lesson
rings
true.
Even
after
last
weekend,
yesterday,
not
too
far
from
this
very
space,
we
held
a
press
conference
to
respond
to
the
attacks
in
Charlottesville
and
to
the
upcoming
conversation
and
rallies
that
are
coming
this
weekend
to
our
city.
Allegedly,
we
made
it
clear
yesterday
and
we're
gonna
make
it
clear
again
today
that
there
is
no
place
for
hate
in
Boston
as
Bostonians.
We
stand
together
in
solidarity
with
our
diverse
community
and
our
diverse
nation.
B
We
give
that
same
message
today,
as
we
pick
up
the
broken
pieces
of
glass
and
rebuild
that
panel
together.
I
want
to
repeat,
as
I
said
at
the
memorial
rededication
a
few
weeks
ago,
Boston
stands
with
the
Jewish
community
forever
in
all
ways,
and
I
can
speak
on
behalf
of
my
colleagues
that
are
here
with
us.
We
all
feel
the
same,
and
this
beautiful
memorial
will
continue
to
stand
here
in
the
heart
of
our
city,
just
as
it
has
for
the
past
20
years
and
for
many
more
to
come.
B
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
today
and
to
let
you
know
that
we're
gonna
continue
to
stand
together.
We
will
get
through
these
times.
It's
important
for
us
to
do
that.
It's
important
for
us
to
pass
along
love
as
we
go
out
there.
The
phone
call
that
I
received
this
morning
actually
late
last
night
was
from
a
man
who
I
was
a
friend
with
before
I
became
the
mayor,
the
mayor
of
his
city.
B
He
called
me
up,
and
he
said:
Marty
I
want
to
be
there
for
Boston,
because
the
young
person
who
did
this
lived
in
my
city
I,
said
Mary.
It's
not
a
reflection
of
you
or
your
city,
but
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
you
want
to
stand
with
us
here
in
Boston,
the
Jewish
community
that
was
before
we
knew
there
was
gonna,
be
a
little
press
conference.
I
called
the
mayor
a
little
a
couple
hours
ago,
I
said
mayor
love
to
have
you
in
the
city
of
Boston.
He
said:
I'd
love
to
be
there.
C
C
As
you
can
imagine,
last
night,
I
was
completely
disheartened
for
the
city
of
Malden,
but
not
defeated
and
that's
why.
This
morning
we
met
with
our
police
chief,
our
clergy
people
of
Malden,
and
if
you
need
any
evidence
that
we
are
still
in
this
I
got
an
email
from
a
resident
whose
mom
survived
a
concentration
camp
and
she
wasn't
upset.
She
wasn't
mad.
C
She
just
wanted
to
know
that
she
would
be
willing
to
meet
with
this
young
man
to
offer
anything
that
she
could
to
provide
a
lesson
in
understanding
of
what
happened
in
how
we
can
move
ourselves
forward
so
again
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Malden.
This
is
a
very
difficult
moment
for
us
all,
but
it's
why
we're
here
to
fight
back
and
keep
us
moving
forward
for
the
next
generation.
Ëletís
Boston
strong.
A
Thank
You
mr.
mayor's
we
have
many
allies
partners
and
friends
with
us
and
I'll
try
to
acknowledge
many
of
them
and
if
I
forget
you
I,
please
forgive
me,
but
we
want
to
make
a
particular
welcome
to
Speaker
Robert
DeLeo
of
the
State
House
representatives,
who
was
a
dear
friend
of
the
Jewish
community
and
an
incredible
ally
on
so
many
issues
were
grateful
to
have
you
here.
D
Thank
you
and
I
am
here
representing
the
Greater
Boston
interfaith
organization,
Christians
everywhere,
people
of
faith.
My
words,
however,
are
a
little
more
personal
and
I
am
very
close
to
tears.
This
has
been
a
rough
week
and
these
are
trying
times
when
I
was
coming.
This
way,
I
saw
a
sign
that
says
our
lives
begin
to
end
the
day.
We
become
silent
about
the
things
that
matter
and
I
thought.
D
That's
why
I'm
going
there
and
that's
why
I'm
standing
with
my
brothers
and
sisters,
my
friends
but
try
as
I
might
I,
cannot
find
words
that
are
adequate
enough
for
this
moment.
I'm
sorry
is
all
I
have
and
it
does
not
seem
like
enough
laying
blame
bowing.
More
vigilance
seemed
to
fall
short
to
to
me.
So
much
seems
to
be
wrong
in
this
country
these
days.
D
D
To
show
up
in
love
wherever
there
is
injustice,
wherever
there
is
hatred
wherever
there
is
wrongdoing,
as
best
I
can,
whenever
I
can
I
will
show
up
in
love,
and
that's
what
I
suggest
that
you
do?
We
are
all
members
of
each
other.
The
the
language
that
it
is
us
against
them
is
wrong.
I
have
been
all
over
the
world
and
I
assure
you.
There
is
only
us
and
so
I
ask
you
to
join
me
wherever
these
kind
of
heinous
things
happen
to
show
up
in
love,.
A
Our
next
speaker
is,
unfortunately,
sadly
familiar
to
many
of
you
this
summer,
because
we
have
been
here
so
many
times,
but
in
every
curse
there
is
a
blessing
and
the
curse
of
these
tragic
events
that
have
brought
us
together
repeatedly
is
the
blessing
of
being
reminded
that
there
are
survivors
amongst
us,
those
who
have
a
story
to
tell
and
those
whom
we
are
the
last
generation
to
be
blessed
to
hear
their
stories.
So
with
that
in
mind,
I'm
always
honored
to
bring
up
a
dear
friend
Israel.
Our
writer.
E
Hello,
you
hear
that
I
day
my
name
is
ser
beta
Israel
I'm
here
for
because
of
the
pain
that
I
am
feeling
today.
But
let
me
bring
you
back
a
little
and
tell
you
how
how
I
came
to
death
I'm,
a
Holocaust
survivor,
I'm,
a
survivor
of
Auschwitz,
my
family,
my
mother,
my
father,
my
seven-year-old
brother
were
murdered
in
the
gas
chambers
of
Treblinka.
E
I
was
born
in
Poland
the
scene
like
this
today,
the
know
the
news
of
the
day
in
Poland
hadn't,
quite
often
I,
was
in
a
way
used
to
it,
but
to
me
as
a
Holocaust
survivor
in
one
who
lost
his
entire
family
building
this
memorial
with
my
dear
friends,
especially
Steve
Rose,
who
asked
me
to
join
him
to
build
this
memorial
and
to
me
I
was
this.
Memorial
was
a
special
and
a
holy
things.
E
I
will
see
it
very
very
often
speaking
for
schools
for
young
people
and
every
time
I
came
here
for
whatever
reason
it
brought
me
back
in
the
memory
of
the
day
of
October
1942
when,
as
a
teenager,
I
watched
without
any
possibility
of
helping,
my
dear
parents
in
my
brother
being
taken
away
to
be
murdered
in
the
gas
chambers,
and
so
every
time
I
come
here.
I
see
the
scene.
I
see
it
of
my
own
minds
from
it's
been
it's
been
over
70
years
and
not
one
single
day.
E
They
did
they
go
away
from
my
mind,
did
it
leave
me
the
scene
that
I've
seen
on
October
26
1942
in
a
campus
in
Poland?
The
start
of
a
visa,
and
so
yesterday
evening,
when
I
heard
them
the
news
that
the
memorial
has
been
already
have
been
damaged
again
for
the
second
time,
and
we
were
here
only
a
few
weeks
ago.
Of
course,
the
pain
in
the
yesterday
and
today
was
increased.
E
It
helped
it
helped
me
because,
just
as
if
I
would
have
lost
a
member
of
my
family,
the
damage
to
the
memorial
and
being
here
and
seeing
this
beautiful
attendance,
the
people
from
Boston,
Jewish
and
non-jewish
and
I
see
clergy
that
are
here
that
joined
together,
showing
that
we
are
united,
that
just
because
there
are
a
few
I,
don't
want
to
bring
near
the
name.
What
they
should
have
been
called
that
come
in,
destroy
and
do
damage
to
such
a
beautiful
place.
I
had
calls
today
in
people.
Ask
me
why.
E
Why
did
this
happen
and
I
asked
the
same
thing?
Why
did
this
happen?
What
this
did
the
memorial,
which
is
the
memory
of
us
of
all
our
people,
of
the
losses
that
we
have
in
our
families?
I
heard
this
morning,
a
young
man
walking
by
here
in
the
soul,
allay
they
put
a
bouquet
of
flowers
in
the
cake,
the
flowers
out
in
the
air,
everything
fleeing
and
I
playing
unarmed.
Why
why?
E
What
did
the
flowers
do
to
this
man
fortunate?
They
were
police,
he
was
arrested.
He
was
taken
away,
I
do
hope
and
I
don't
know.
Yet
what
happened
with
the
previous
fella
that
protect
the
glass
on
the
other
side,
what
happened
to
him,
whether
he
got
a
medal
for
their
and
what
are
we
gonna
do
with
this
one?
E
Is
he
going
to
be
punished
for
it
or
Ezekiel,
or
is
going
to
show
that
the
people
here,
I'm,
big
I'm,
strong,
I'm,
important
I,
could
do
damage
to
the
memorial
and
to
other
things
and
nobody's
he's
doing,
connect
to
me,
I
hope
and
I
pray
that
he
will
be
held
responsible,
all
the
three
of
them
now
that
are
in
custody
that
they
will
be
held
responsible
for
it.
The
pain
that
we,
the
Holocaust
survivors,
are
feeling
and
suffering
because
of
the
damage
to
our
memorial.
E
Never
go
away.
I
took
a
piece
of
glass
from
the
previous
one
and
I
got
it
in
my
house
and
I
keep
it
there
just
one
more
thing:
a
friend
of
mine
that
came
a
neighbor
of
mine
that
came
with
me,
and
he
asked
whether
he
can
get
a
few
pieces
of
the
glass
so
that
he
can
put
together
a
menorah,
and
so
that
will
keep
the
memory
of
the
memorial
and
we
I
hope
that
we
will
accommodate
and
give
him
some
dress.
Thank
you
very,
very
much.
E
F
Good
afternoon
today,
I
join
you
as
a
representative
of
the
Muslim
community
to
say
unequivocally
as
Muslims.
We
stand
firmly
side-by-side
with
our
Jewish
brothers
and
sisters,
who
have
faced
so
much
pain
and
have
been
the
object
of
so
much
hurt
over
this
period
of
times
for
twice
in
one
summer
to
have
their
sacred
memorial.
F
Desecrated
is
simply
Amblin
Matic
of
a
toxic
reality
that's
playing
out
and
that
we
collectively
as
a
community,
need
to
come
together
to
stand
firmly
against
anti-semitism
to
stand
firmly
together
against
bigotry,
xenophobia
and
racism
in
our
tradition,
God
in
the
40th
or
the
2nd.
The
7th
22nd
chapter
of
the
Holy
Quran
in
the
season,
which
is
a
sacred
season
that
is
coming
upon
us,
which
is
the
hajj
season,
where
millions
of
muslims
will
make
pilgrimage
across
the
world
to
the
sacred
sanctuary
in
mecca
in
that
chapter
in
the
quran
and
the
holy
quran.
F
God
speaks
to
us
in
a
very
profound
divine
dictate
about
what
he
expects
of
his
creation,
where
he
says
if
it
weren't
for
the
fact
that
there
are
a
grouping
of
righteous
honorable
people,
people
of
good,
conscious
people
of
mercy
and
justice
who
come
together
and
push
back
beautifully
and
with
excellence
with
mercy
and
justice
against
such
ugly
forces.
Then
you
will
see
the
destruction
of
monasteries,
churches,
synagogues
and
mosques.
This
is
verbatim
referenced
in
the
holy
quran.
F
F
A
Thank
You
Sheikh,
the
Jewish
comedians
Council,
for
those
who
don't
know,
is
a
network
making
up
the
organized
Jewish
community
of
Greater
Boston,
consisting
of
42
member
organizations
and
over
130
synagogues.
We
are
now
going
to
hear
from
leaders
within
two
of
those
organizations.
First,
we
will
hear
from
Dan
Levinson
of
the
New
England
region
of
the
anti-defamation
league,
who
has
been
working,
the
phones
all
night
with
Boston
PD,
and
then
we
will
hear
from
Janet
Stein,
who
is
the
president
of
the
American
Association
of
Holocaust,
survivors
and
generation
after.
G
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Daniel
Levinson
associate
Regional
Director
for
the
ADL
in
New
England,
on
behalf
of
the
anti-defamation
league,
I'd
like
to
thank
Commissioner
Evans,
the
dedicated
officers
of
the
Boston
Police,
Department's,
Mayor,
Walsh
and
other
community
leaders
for
their
quick
and
thorough
response
to
this
terrible
incident.
As
many
of
you
know,
this
is
the
second
time
this
memorial
has
been
a
target
of
vandalism
this
summer
and
it's
a
heartbreaking
thing
to
see
what's
taking
place
here.
G
Although
we're
here
for
an
awful
reason,
it's
encouraging
to
see
so
many
people
standing
here
together
today
in
the
face
of
this,
to
send
the
message
that
our
community
is
a
place
of
inclusion
and
understanding
and
that
our
community
is
not
a
place
that
will
tolerate
this
kind
of
hate
or
the
desecration
of
sacred
places.
Thank
You.
H
Crystal
enough,
the
night
of
broken
glass
for
many
it
was
the
end
or
the
beginning
of
the
war.
For
my
husband's
family,
his
father
survived
that
night.
The
rest
of
the
family
did
not
my
father's
family
all
perished
in
Auschwitz
for
the
survivors
in
our
community,
most
of
which
never
had
graves
to
visit
for
their
families
or
funerals
for
them.
This
monument
behind
us
is
not
just
a
city
monument,
it's
a
sacred
memorial
site.
H
This
is
the
place
that
we
come
to
to
say:
Memorial
prayers
for
those
we
lost
from
Crystal
na
through
to
the
end
of
the
war.
On
behalf
of
the
survivors
in
our
community,
we
would
like
to
extend
an
invitation
to
the
high
school
students
in
Malden
and
in
every
city
in
Greater
Boston,
to
come
to
this
memorial,
to
hear
from
survivors
to
hear
from
children
of
survivors
to
understand
that
these
are
not
just
glass
pillars.
This
is
a
sacred
site.
H
A
I
I
I
What
did
max
Michelson
stand
for?
He
was
91.
He
was
a
Holocaust
survivor
every
day
of
his
the
last
years
of
his
life.
He
spoke
about
the
Holocaust,
but
not
just
that.
He
was
one
of
the
architects
of
the
Jewish
Family
Service
of
Metro
West
effort
to
save
and
feed
and
help
Syrian
refugees
for
him.
That
was
the
meaning
of
the
Holocaust.
To
never
forget
the
powerless.
To
never
forget
people
who
were
oppressed.
This
is
the
story
of
the
Jewish
people.
I
This
is
why
we're
here
in
the
book
of
Genesis,
it
says
that
God
says
of
Abraham
and
Sarah
I
have
loved
them
because
they
will
teach
their
children
and
their
grandchildren
to
follow
the
way
of
God
by
doing
justice
and
righteousness
justice
and
righteousness.
So
what
does
this
stand
for
and
what
did
we
see
over
the
weekend
in
Charlottesville?
And
what
do
we
have
to
think
about
this
when
we
see
those
clownish
figures
in
their
Nazi
uniforms,
pretending
to
be
human,
pretending
to
be
something
more
than
they
are
pretending
to
be
important?
I
It's
important
to
remember
what
that
represents.
This
reminds
us
mr.
Mikaelson
reminds
us.
Isie
reminds
us
of
what
this
represents.
It
represents
bodies
stacked
like
cordwood.
It
represents
a
million
and
a
half
dead
children.
It
represents
the
ultimate
outcome
of
evil.
These
things
are
not
a
joke.
Taking
them
seriously
is
essential.
Fighting
hate
and
evil
is
essential.
Our
Bible
tells
us
to
choose
life,
not
death.
I
I
So
so
we
must
hear-
and
the
president
must
hear
the
voices
from
every
Patriot
grave.
It
must
hear
the
voices
of
those
boys
who
died
on
Omaha
Beach.
It
must
hear
the
voices
of
every
human
being
millions
and
millions
and
millions
not
just
Jewish
people,
millions
of
people
around
the
world
who
died
at
the
hands
of
the
Nazis
and
say
this
is
an
atrocity.
This
is
atrocious.
This
needs
to
be
condemned
from
the
top
of
the
country
to
the
bottom.
This
is
our
task.
A
We
will
conclude
with
a
traditional
prior
of
the
Jewish
community
that
is
said
at
sites
of
Memorial
to
be
led
by
emotional
ball.
Docks
a
temple,
Beth
Zion
and
Brookline
before
rabbi.
Wallace
comes
up.
I
just
want
to
remind
people
that
to
learn
more
about
the
New
England
Holocaust
Memorial,
what
the
design
is
about,
why
it
is
here,
the
history
of
it
and
the
educational
programs
connected
to
it,
as
well
as
to
donate,
to
support
the
rebuilding
the
repair
and
the
maintenance
and
the
education
programs
connected
with
the
site.
J
I'm
honored
to
be
here
I'm
a
child
of
survivors
lost
over
a
hundred
members
of
extended
family.
They
live
as
a
phantom
family
in
my
mind,
but
I
want
to
congratulate
all
of
us
because
we're
fulfilling
a
mitzvah,
a
good
deed
but,
more
importantly,
a
commandment
in
Leviticus
19.
We're
told
do
not
stand
idly
by
the
blood
of
your
neighbor
and
I.
Think
I
echo.
J
J
K
La
Mirada
saw
me
show
her
nearby
Moroni,
the
young
Alma
knows
we
are
via
Tamim,
I'm,
say:
minuchin
hijo,
no
al
Conniff
a
hush.
If
he
know
me
ma
Earthcare
Doshi
Midori
is
over
rakia
Mirim
home
assirram
lem
nice
muchacha,
Tammy,
Leone
Moreno.
They
are
cute
a
new
river
Volta
River
Volkman,
a
slow
Elinor
she
nor
she
with
off
Chanel
goo
Senate
res
Cthulhu
Shanna
diffusion
as
a
caution
neatly
who
who
should
espero
hyeme?
They
say
whom
to
befall
mean
Amy
told
me
so
North
B.
They
are
not
serious,
as
I
am
Yamauchi
mom.
K
A
Mean
the
New
England
Holocaust
Memorial
is
open
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week.
It
was
reopened
within
hours
last
night,
thanks
to
the
work
of
Boston
public
service
workers.
We
invite
you,
if
you
have
time
to
come
through
and
to
reflect
and
to
take
in
the
space
the
panel
that
was
shattered
for
those
of
you
who
are
about
to
go
through
and
to
experience.
This
is
the
first
pillar
as
you
enter
from
this
end,
and
it
is
the
panel
on
my
left
on
the
first
level
that
had
the
the
numbers
etched
into
it.
A
You
can
see.
There
is
one
panel
there
which
has
a
panel
of
reflection
and
passages,
but
the
external
panel
with
the
is
the
one
that
was
shattered
there.
So
we
invite
people
to
come
through
the
memorial
and
experience
this
space
as
it
is
intended,
and
we
look
forward
to
announcing
uncle
time
for
the
rededication
and
the
restoration
of
the
space
very
shortly.
Thank
you
for
being.