Gone, but not forgotten

It seems that every year something happens somewhere in the world that draws attention to the people who survived the event.  Whether it be a war, the Holocaust, 9/11, a typhoon, car accident, school shooting - whatever, there are always survivors remaining to tell their stories.

But what happens when all the survivors of a particular event die?  Or even worse, what if there are no survivor to tell what really happened?  This is becoming the case with victims from the Holocaust.

As time goes on, people die, memories fade, and time moves forward... for some.  What remains then though is the memory of these people.  So the question is, does someone or something ever really disappear for good?  I mean sure, people come and go through our lives, days blue together, and months turn into years, but events that truly had an impact on us never really leave.  We still reflect on events that we either witnessed first-hand or through the TV, and we still recall hearing about WWI and other occurances way before our time.

So as people fear that when a group of people die, everything they brought will never be lost.  People, events, places, and time live on in our memory forever, even if the specific element is gone.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-05-01-Holocaust_N.htm