{"id":47661,"date":"2025-09-26T01:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=47661"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:55:50","slug":"vrba-monument-to-be-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/vrba-monument-to-be-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Vrba monument to be unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47662\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sep-26-toc.26.Rudolf-Vrba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sep-26-toc.26.Rudolf-Vrba.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Rudolf Vrba, in the 1960s\" width=\"250\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sep-26-toc.26.Rudolf-Vrba.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sep-26-toc.26.Rudolf-Vrba-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudolf Vrba, in the 1960s. <em>(photo from University of British Columbia. Archives)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rudolf Vrba\u2019s escape from Auschwitz and testimony helped alert the world to the horrors of the Holocaust, and Vrba is credited with saving the lives of more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews. On Oct. 26, 2 p.m., at Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Chapel in New Westminster, a commemoration ceremony will be held for Vrba. The program will feature reflections on his life, legacy and enduring impact from Dr. Robert Krell and Dr. Joseph Ragaz, and will conclude with the dedication of a memorial monument in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Vrba\u2019s honour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudolf Vrba\u2019s escape from Auschwitz and testimony helped alert the world to the horrors of the Holocaust, and Vrba is credited with saving the lives of more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews. On Oct. 26, 2 p.m., at Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Chapel in New Westminster, a commemoration ceremony will be held for Vrba. The program will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4242,53,8664,24368,8501,19770,2893],"class_list":["post-47661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-history","tag-holocaust","tag-milestones","tag-momuments","tag-rudolf-vrba","tag-schara-tzedeck-cemetery","tag-survivors"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}