Lilac tree planted in Helen Sperling’s honor
NORWICH – A lilac tree was planted in Helen Sperling’s honor at the Norwich Jewish Center on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the end of last month.
Per a release from the Norwich Jewish Center, “Every year Jews mark he anniversary of the death of loved ones. To mourn them and to commemorate the loss of all who perished, a special day has been set aside – Yom HaShoah- a day when the entire community gathers to remember and reflect.”
In honor of Remembrance Day, The Norwich Jewish Center showed the video of the late Helen Sperling. Sperling was a survivor who turned the anguish of the Holocaust and her pain into a positive instrument for education through a lecture series. The lecture series began in 1967, initially known as the Annual Holocaust Lecture series, it was later named for Helen and her husband Leon. From 1968 until her death in 2015 at the age of 95, she shared her life and experiences with thousands of people, be it in schools, universities, prisons, clubs and churches.
Sterling spoke at the Norwich High School in 2008, after the Norwich Jewish Center was desecrated by three Norwich Middle School students.
“Sperling will always be remembered by her challenge to ‘Never Be A Bystander,’” read the release. “Helen believed that the worst part of being in the concentration camps was the feeling of being powerless. She tried to teach people never to abuse power and to protect those who could not protect them themselves.”
Per a release from the Norwich Jewish Center, “Every year Jews mark he anniversary of the death of loved ones. To mourn them and to commemorate the loss of all who perished, a special day has been set aside – Yom HaShoah- a day when the entire community gathers to remember and reflect.”
In honor of Remembrance Day, The Norwich Jewish Center showed the video of the late Helen Sperling. Sperling was a survivor who turned the anguish of the Holocaust and her pain into a positive instrument for education through a lecture series. The lecture series began in 1967, initially known as the Annual Holocaust Lecture series, it was later named for Helen and her husband Leon. From 1968 until her death in 2015 at the age of 95, she shared her life and experiences with thousands of people, be it in schools, universities, prisons, clubs and churches.
Sterling spoke at the Norwich High School in 2008, after the Norwich Jewish Center was desecrated by three Norwich Middle School students.
“Sperling will always be remembered by her challenge to ‘Never Be A Bystander,’” read the release. “Helen believed that the worst part of being in the concentration camps was the feeling of being powerless. She tried to teach people never to abuse power and to protect those who could not protect them themselves.”
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