The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the genocide of one-third of the Jewish people along with countless numbers of individuals of other minority groups, by ...

The United Nations has designated January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as a time to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.

Jan 27, 2025 · That is why two decades ago, the United Nations chose that date to annually honor the millions of victims of genocide: since 2005, on January 27, many nations observe International Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a day for introspection and remembrance, as well as an opportunity to educate people about the Holocaust so that it may never be repeated.

The commemorations on January 27 remind us that the Holocaust was the result of step-by-step decisions by individuals that led to the largest genocide in the history of mankind in a wave of antisemitism, intolerance, and hatred.

Jan 21, 2025 · International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp.

Jan 26, 2025 · We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp.

Jan 27, 2025 · ‘Don’t be neutral towards human suffering’ At a ceremony in Geneva, Nazi death camp survivor Ivan Lefkovits shared harrowing testimony of his experiences on Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a timeless message for present and future generations: “Don’t be neutral, especially not towards human suffering. Recalling the murder of his father and brother, both victims of ...

Jan 25, 2022 · Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor those innocent lives lost. We honor, too, Holocaust survivors; those who saw true evil, and whose lives were unalterably shaped by it. Countless families were forever changed – including my own, as well as those of numerous colleagues here at the State Department.

Jan 27, 2025 · We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp. We solemnly remember the six million Jews who were systematically murdered across Europe by the Nazis and their collaborators ...