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 ...

8 Jan 2025 · On November 1, 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 60/7 to designate January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD). The date marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and is meant to honor the victims of Nazism.

26 Jan 2025 · On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we hold on to the memories of millions. We reflect on the great multitude of Jewish life that the Holocaust robbed from the world - all of that energy, potential, inspiration, talent and love - …

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.

In 2005, the United Nations declared January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the resolution, it is stated that every member of the UN should honor the six million Jews as well as those members of other minorities who perished in the Nazi genocide , and to develop educational programs about this history to help prevent such ...

Read names in the Hall of Remembrance from 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (use your own list or one provided for you). You may also listen to others read names or light a memorial candle. ... Watch a program recorded during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2023 with Auschwitz survivor Irene Weiss. She discovered decades after the Holocaust that ...

Every year around 27 January, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its unwavering commitment to counter antisemitism, racism, and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence.

Silent reflection in the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters during the 2023 Observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

24 Jan 2025 · Message on the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on 27 January; ... On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we bear witness to the darkest, most monumental of crimes. We honour the victims, we pay tribute to the survivors, and we remember that the world vowed never again to allow such atrocities to be ...

26 Jan 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.