Order this poster for $14.95 plus s&h. Call 1-800-343-5540 The Anti-Defamation League dedicates this poster to the memory of each life lost during the Holocaust ... no one can ever know how many. The number 6,258,673 is only an approximation. Every murdered person was someone who counted -- a son, a daughter, a grandmother, a sister, a father. We focus on what that could have meant. Text of Poster: We need to remember the Holocaust. For all that happened, and all that didn't. birthday candles never blown out... report cards never hung on the refrigerator door... hands never held... dreams never realized... secrets never whispered... miracles never witnessed... triumphs never celebrated... reunions never attended... sweaters never borrowed... moonlight walks never taken... jokes never told... last cookies never fought over... businesses never started... diaries never hidden... handy thingamajigs never invented... games never played... love notes never written... fish never caught... songs never composed... diseases never cured... weddings never planned... goals never reached... piggyback rides never given... smiles never inherited... photographs never framed... holiday meals never eaten... first words never spoken... talents never developed... novels never published... gifts never exchanged... concerts never enjoyed... marathons never run... vacations never anticipated... touchdown passes never thrown... mixing spoons never licked... strangers never welcomed... anecdotes never shared... equations never solved... dance steps never learned... milestones never approached... friends never made... traditions never handed down... lessons never taught... answers never discovered...

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