The sun came out after days of rain and the cherry trees looked their lovliest as the visitors checked into the gigantic new convention center. The survivors registered and filled out blanks for the computer registry of Holocaust survivors, 40,000 names from which each one hoped to find loved ones lost so long ago.
As the survivors listed the beloved names they sought, their tentatively bright, brave smiles faded and tears splashed down on the forms. Names appeared on the computer TV screens … Friedman, Esther, Vilna … Friedman, Joseph, Warsaw … and on through the alphabet as the survivors silently read.
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