Sheryl Sandberg Instagram – Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a chance to honor the 6 million people who were murdered just for being Jewish, and the 5 million more who were killed for who they were. And it’s an opportunity to recognize the courage of those who sacrificed their lives to save others. For me and so many other Jews, Yom HaShoah is deeply personal. We carry the stories of those who survived and those who didn’t. Growing up, I heard how my great-great-grandmother Chana Bassa left her home in Lithuania to escape persecution. If she hadn’t taken that difficult journey, my family would’ve almost certainly died in the Nazi concentration camps. @tom_bernthal’s great grandfather had relatives who were sent to be murdered in Auschwitz and other camps. Some managed to escape to France — only to be caught there and sent to their deaths in occupied Poland. Before October 7th, this dark history felt distant, but now it feels closer than ever. The lives lost. The families torn apart. The innocent people who remain hostages. The disturbing rise in antisemitism. It’s so important that we remember each Holocaust survivor and each victim — their light reminds all of us to stand against the darkness we face now.