At the “I Believe” CD release, Holocaust survivor Arnold Frieman exclaimed, “Freedom didn’t entirely come from surviving the Holocaust.  The next challenge was learning how to survive after surviving the Holocaust”.

How did Holocaust survivors, men, women and children, deal with the aftermath of what has been called the most horrific hate crime in human history?  How does one rise again from the scars and ashes of hate?

The potential to hate exists in all of humanity, as is the ability to love. It takes greater time and effort to understand both ourselves and others in the pursuit of peaceful co-existence.  One person at the right time and place can urge the wheels of hate to move forward and soon senseless death and destruction can follow as was evidenced by the Holocaust. Bosnia and Rwanda remind us that we have yet to learn our lessons.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has publicly declared that the Holocaust didn’t happen.  Why and to what purpose would the leader of a country issue such a statement, contrary to an overwhelming body of evidence stating otherwise?

“I Believe” is a small voice, reaching out to individuals and communities in an attempt to move their hearts and minds forward in the pursuit of remembrance, understanding and peace.

The truth should not be erased. Through words and music in twelve movements, "I Believe" tells a story of incomprehensible hate and the inextinguishable will to survive.  The path to peace is filled with uneasy choices; choose well.