Most of the city’s casinos bathed themselves in yellow light Tuesday night to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The buildings changed their outdoor lighting at dusk to yellow, a color that symbolizes Holocaust awareness because it was the color of the Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
The action was organized by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University and the Casino Association of New Jersey. It was the second consecutive year the casinos participated.
“As the Atlantic City casinos illuminate in yellow, let us take this opportunity to be reminded that from darkness, we are responsible for bringing forth light,” said Irvin Moreno-Rodriguez, director of the Holocaust Resource Center.
