On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Embassy of Israel in Cyprus, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth and Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, held a WebTalk with one of the few remaining Greek-Jewish Holocaust survivors, Moshe Haelion.
The WebTalk was held on Wednesday 02/02/2022 and was entitled "Anyone who survived the Holocaust, must speak about it -The testimony of Moshe Haelion."
Prior to the testimony of Mr Haelion, speeches were delivered by H.E Speaker of the House Ms Annita Demetriou, H.E Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Mr Prodromou and H.E the Ambassador of Israel to Cyprus Mr Oren Anolik.
Moshe Haelion's short bio:
Born in Thessaloniki on February 26, 1925, Moshe Haelion, just 17 years old, was forcibly sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in April 1943 with his sister Nina, Rachel's mother and other family members. With the number 14923, he lived for 21 whole months in the inferno of Auschwitz.