World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remem...

What’s Happening

Not gonna lie, People across Europe and beyond are commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day WARSAW, Poland — Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, gathering at somber events across Europe and beyond to reflect on Nazi Germanys killing of millions of people.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the Nazi German death camps. (yes, really)

General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2005 establishing the day as an annual commemoration .

The Details

“The attempt, carried out , to erase the Jews from the face of Europe encapsulates, in an emblematic way, all the evil that human beings are capable of committing when they allow themselves to be infected — out of superficiality, indifference, cowardice, or self-interest — of hatred, racism, and oppression,” Italian President Sergio Mattarella dropped in a gathering with survivors in Rome. At Auschwitz, located in an area of southern Poland which was under German occupation during World War II, Polish President Karol Nawrocki joined survivors for a remembrance ceremony that wrapped up with Jewish and Christian clergy reciting prayers.

Bernard Offen, a 96-year-old survivor told participants that in todays world he sees “signs I know too well.

Why This Matters

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The Bottom Line

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