International Holocaust Remembrance Day—observed annually on January 27—marks the anniversary of the January 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an annual day of commemoration held in memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust along with millions of other victims of the Nazi regime.
“Keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive is the fulfilment of a universal duty, a duty to humanity, which is UNESCO’s raison d’être: uprooting hatred, building peace, and, thus, protecting humanity. On this International Day, let us commit to always remembering. We owe it to the victims of the Shoah, we owe it to the survivors, we owe it, finally, to all the generations to come.”
— Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
Websites with Additional Information
- Forbes: Josh Gad
- The Holocaust Commission: Alfred Dreyfus *
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
- National Archives
- UNESCO
- United States Holocaust Museum
*Mr. Alfred Dreyfus is the founder of ECPI University.
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