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International Holocaust Remembrance Day rings differently this year

Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, feels different this year because of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. More Jews were killed that day than on any single day since the Holocaust.
At Holocaust Museum L.A., visitors can leave prayers or messages in a memorial wall.

A small, sepia photograph of little boys standing in a synagogue, wearing prayer shawls and payos sits behind glass in the first gallery of the Holocaust Museum L.A.

"I feel very lucky to have a photo of my grandfather as part of our core exhibit," says museum C.E.O. Beth Kean as she points to a smiling boy in the front row on the left.

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