27 January 2022: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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- 26 janv. 2022
- 2 min de lecture
A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 1, 2005 determined that International Holocaust Remembrance Day will be marked annually on January 27 and that "The Holocaust, which resulted in the destruction of one-third of the Jewish people, will forever be a warning to all of the world's nations against the dangers of unjustified hatred, racism and prejudice."
The General Assembly designated January 27 as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, because on that day in 1945 the Red Army forces liberated Auschwitz, the concentration camp which symbolizes most the attempt to exterminate the Jewish people.
During a debate of the United Nations General Assembly, the leaders of many nations emphasized the uniqueness of the Holocaust in history and mentioned that it had introduced new terms such as "genocide" and "crimes against humanity." The Secretary-General of the United Nations added that the UN itself was established as a result of the Holocaust and the Second World War.
The UN resolution urged the member nations to "develop educational programs that will inculcate future generations with the lessons of the Holocaust in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide." It stated that the UN rejects "any denial of the Holocaust as an historical event, either in full or part," and "condemns without reserve all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, wherever they occur."
In the State of Israel, Holocaust Heroism and Remembrance day [Yom HaShoah] is marked on the 27th of Nisan, and therefore the Ministry of Education decided to designate January 27 as a day for the study of the universal aspects of the Holocaust, as well as racism and anti-Semitism in general – which can be examined through the study of the Holocaust of the Jewish people.
Source: Knesset
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center:
United Nations, Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization:
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