Town marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Observance recognizes Auschwitz liberation

BY WILLIAM J. DOWD

Dozens of community members gathered outside Abbot Hall on Jan. 27 to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The United Nations designated the day of remembrance in 2005, and it commemorates the systematic mass murder of 6 million Jews and millions of other minorities by the Nazi regime.

“The date recognizes when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated in 1945,” said Helaine Hazlett, who co-chairs the Marblehead Task Force Against Discrimination.

“It is critical to honor the memory of all those whose lives were lost during the time of these unimaginable, inexplicable murders.”

The candle-lighting ceremony did not transpire as planned, but organizers sent people home with special candles to light in the evening.

“We remember the more than 13 million souls destroyed in the nightmare of the Shoah, the Nazi Holocaust,” Meyer said. “Today, Jews and people of faith all around the world remember how hatred and bigotry come together with modern technology to create a machinery of death that had never been witnessed in human history.”

Hall during the town’s first International Holocaust Remembrance Day observance on Jan. 27.

From Auschwitz and Birkenau to Dachau and Treblinka, Meyer said these names and so many others are forever etched into our consciousness.

The observance happened a couple of weeks after the Marblehead Select Board passed a proclamation officially declaring Jan. 21 International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Marblehead.

Reading from the proclamation, Select Board Chair Moses Grader said, “This anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made confronting the terrible chapter in human history, and on our continuing efforts to end genocide.”

TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD BOARD OF APPEALS

The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Tuesday February 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM on the request of Lawrence Schall & Betty Ann Londergan to vary the application of the present Zoning By-law and previous special permit conditions by allowing a Special Permit to construct an addition to an existing single-family dwelling on a preexisting non-conforming property with less than the required lot area, rear and side yard setbacks, open area and parking located at 33 Lee Street in the shoreline central residence district The new construction will be in the rear yard setback and further reduce the open space ratio. This hearing is held in accordance with the provisions of the Marblehead Zoning Bylaw, and Chapter 40A of the General Laws as amended and Pursuant to Governor Baker’s Order allowing suspension of Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, § 18, this public hearing of the Board is being conducted via remote participation. The public can attend this meeting via the remote participation platform through the following ways: Join Zoom Meeting ht tp s://u co-chair of the Marblehead Taskforce Against Discrimination, share a moment during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day outside Abbot Hall on Jan. 27. COURTESY PHOTOS / JAMES MURPHY

TO WN OF MAR BL EHEAD BOA RD OF APPEAL S

The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Tuesday February 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM on the request of Tanis Yannetti to vary the application of the present Zoning By-law and previous special pe1mit conditions by allowing a Special Permit to construct a detached garage as an accessory to an existing single-family dwelling on a conforming property located at 45 Pleasant Street in the central residence district. The new construction will reduce the open space ratio to less than required. This hearing is held in accordance with the provisions of the Marblehead Zoning Bylaw and Chapter 40A of the General Laws as amended and Pursuant to Governor Baker ’s Order allowing suspension of Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, § 18, this public hearing of the Board is being conducted via remote participation. The public can attend this meeting via the remote participation platform through the following ways: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87878347282?pwd=enlwRXd3V2xmdHE3cy92SklTU1BTUT09 Dial in + 1 646 558 8656

Meeting ID: 878 7834 7282 Passcode: 404568 Those only dialing in will not have access to the visual presentation at the meeting, but can follow along with the project materials available for download at https://www.marblehead.org under the zoning board of appeals page and the date of meeting. Members of the public attending this meeting virtually will be allowed to make comments if they wish to do so, during the portion of the hearing designated for public comment. Interested persons may also submit comment in writing electronically and send to lyonsl@marblehead.org and the comments, will be included in the record. Alan Lipkind Secretary