Please click on the video of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Ceremony observed on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Monday January 27, 2020. The event was well attended by members of the Jewish community of the Balearic Islands as well as dignitaries of the local government and the general public. This ceremony, which has been organized for over a decade thanks to the initiative of the previous community president Abraham Barchilon, carries a more emotional connection as the commemoration takes place in the regional government’s Parliament. This building stands on the site of the extinguished Santo Domingo Convent where the sanbenitos displaying the Mallorquin Inquisition’s victims’ last names were hung and vilified from the 15th century up until the year 1820 and is a primary reason for the marginalization and discrimination of the local Chueta families for over five centuries. One might consider if we are to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust in a public ceremony, we should honor the memory of the victims of the Inquisition in a public ceremony as well.
