As they have this time for five years now, Deerfield Beach’s own Six Point Riders made a trek to Savannah, Georgia on May 15 to commemorate the Holocaust.

The Six Point Riders are a club of Jewish motorcyclists riding under the Star of David. This year’s Ride To Remember Ride To Remember drew some 34 Jewish motorcycle riding clubs from across the nation, as well as from Canada, Israel and Australia. Among them: Harry Fischstein of Boca Raton and the Deerfield Beach group’s safety officer.

Fischstein said in a letter he felt compelled to write that he rode to remind children and the rest of the world about atrocities that occur against humanity, even today -- a story vividly told by his father, a survivor of Auschwitz II.

"The first time I heard his story was when I was 18 years old and serving in the Israeli army," he said. "At the end of his story he said, `Never forget.'"

The story told Fischstein by his father was of a man who, at the age of 32, returned home from his newspaper job to find every person in his village and family shot dead by the Germans. He worked the crematorium at Auschwitz II and was liberated by American soldiers.

That was who Fischstein remembered as he rode on May 15.
“The rain was pouring but hundreds of motorcycles riding with the Jewish Star of David, American and Israeli flags, supporting each other (showed) we are here in the land of freedom, riding our motorcycles on the open road, “ he said. "The event raised $50,000 which was donated to the Holocaust Lending Library in Savannah."