All over the world, most International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations were being held online because of the pandemic. But in Austria, the Jewish community in Vienna came up with a symbolic and lifesaving way to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz, by arranging a vaccination drive for hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish survivors. Host Marco Werman speaks with Erika Jakubovits, the director of the Jewish Community of Vienna and organizer of the vaccination drive.
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