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2026 Yom HaShoah Candlelighters

Holocaust survivor Al Beder wearing glasses and a collared shirt, photographed in front of a wall of framed black-and-white photographs.

Al Beder

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Holocaust survivor Edie Pump, elderly woman with warm smile and short styled brown hair, wearing navy blue top with white polka dot collar trim, black drop earrings and matching pendant necklace, photographed against textured stone wall background

Edith Herszenson Pump

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An older man, Holocaust survivor Werner Richheimer, with short gray hair and dark rectangular-framed glasses smiles warmly at the camera. He is wearing a striped button-down shirt in muted tones. The background appears to be a light-colored wall or door.

Werner Richheimer

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Headshot of Candlelighter Peter Jacobsohn, an older man in a gray suit and dark tie with glasses.

Peter Jacobsohn

Holocaust survivor Eva Zaret, elderly woman with warm smile, wearing glasses and burgundy long-sleeved top, photographed in a library or study with full bookshelves in the background

Eva Zaret

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Black-and-white portrait of Holocaust survivors Dora and Shimon Russek, a couple posed closely together.

Dora and Shimon Russek z”L