Sandy Springs Leaders, Students Observe Yom HaShoah

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Sandy Springs leaders and students from The Weber School on Thursday held a program to commemorate Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The city and the school worked together throughout the year to host a number of Holocaust survivors, who shared their stories with students.

Sandy Springs’ program, which was held at the school April 16, featured the student-produced video of survivors’ first-hand accounts of the Holocaust. Now that these residents are in their 70s or older, it’s imperative their stories are preserved so Nazi Germany’s systematic effort to exterminate Jews is not forgotten.

One particular story featured Dr. John Galambos, husband of Sandy Springs Mayor Emeritus Eva Galambos.

Dr. Galambos was born in Budapest, Hungary. At the start of the war, Galambos was transported to a Hungarian labor camp. Later, he was transferred to Bergen Belsen concentration camp in Germany, until liberated by U.S. troops. He was reunited with his father, but his mother and other relatives did not survive.

The video produced by The Weber School students can be viewed below.

Photo credits: city of Sandy Springs