“Yahrzeit” quotes from CSI: NY

Perhaps there's someone you want to honor?

Mac

My father

I was sleeping on the floor, I don't know for how many days. When he woke me, I got scared. I thought he was one of the camp soldiers. The SS all knew the war was ending and they tried to eliminate as many Jews as they could. But there was something different about this man standing over me. I could see it in his eyes and his uniform. He was an American. So young. I could tell the sight of me was too much. I was bald, maybe 80 pounds. But this man, he was careful not to look as horrified as I'm sure he was. He wanted me to come with him, but my legs just wouldn't move. I was too weak, so he carried me out of the barracks and he gave me his jacket, something to eat, a Hershey bar. I took one bite, and that was all my empty stomach could handle. But nothing has ever tasted better. His goodness put back a little of the faith I have lost. My grandchildren put back the rest.

And what was his name?

Taylor. Private Mackenna Boyd Taylor.

(about the cache of Holocaust possessions) So, you say you found these items hidden in your murder victim's apartment?

Mac

Along with a lampshade that DNA confirms was made of human skin.

Comprised of various tattoos that were sewn together?

Mac

The commandant of Buchenwald's wife would order Jews to line up naked, and when she saw a tattoo she liked, she had the skin removed and tanned to be made into lamp shades for her home.

Two years ago, I heard about one that was traded on the black market for over $10,000

Mac

(about the auction) Anyone hear a gunshot?

Everyone I spoke to said this room was in a feeding frenzy. The only thing they heard was the sound of some rich guy getting ready to dump six-hundred large on a necklace.

Hawkes

On a piece of jewelry?

Mac

Guess some people are recession-proof.

Maybe it was the camp that changed things. When I came to this country I had no desire to be a religious man but my son makes up for both of us. He says, "Pop, we must remember." I say, "Sometimes it's better to forget."