30th Anniversary Guardians Commemorative Book - Book - Page 230
As two Holocaust
survivors, it was only
natural that we made
Six million Jews
perished at the hands
of the Nazis in the
As children, we
believed Never Again
was real and that
gifts to the United States
Holocaust Memorial
Museum to memorialize
our many family members
who perished—including
Susanne Kurti Vamos’s
beloved mother, Ilona
Fuchs Kurti, who perished
in Bergen-Belsen. By
including the Museum in
our estate plans, we hope
it will remain an eternal
place of remembrance for
our family members and
all the victims. But, most
importantly, we hope that
by telling their stories,
the Museum will teach
future generations how the
Holocaust came to happen,
its tragic consequences, and
the power of individuals
to change the course
of history if they have
the courage to act.”
Holocaust. Some of us
survived, and it is our
sacred duty to keep the
memory of those victims
alive. But with each passing
year there are fewer of us
still living, and with time, if
not guarded, that memory
may fade into oblivion. As
the philosopher George
Santayana famously
said, ‘Those who cannot
remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.’
That must never happen.
That’s why my wife and I
consider it our obligation
to those murdered to
support the Museum,
the enduring guardian
of their memory.”
Jews were safe and
accepted. Today, the
world is frightening, and
hatred is widespread. An
endowment to the United
States Holocaust Memorial
Museum is how we can
help to ensure a safer
future for our children
and grandchildren. The
world must never forget
what happened to the Jews
less than 100 years ago
and what has happened
to others since then. The
Museum must be a beacon
of light to remind the world
of its inhumanity and must
educate future generations
so that the Holocaust will
never be repeated.”
ASIA AND ARON* WAJSKOL, MD
SANDRA AND TIMOTHY
WULIGER
Toledo, Ohio
* Deceased
SUSANNE VAMOS* AND
ENDRE VAMOS*
Forest Hills, New York
* Deceased
228 l UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM LEGACY OF LIGHT GUARDIANS
Cleveland, Ohio
