{"id":18449,"date":"2025-02-02T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncav-vienna.org\/?p=18449"},"modified":"2025-02-05T07:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T07:36:02","slug":"united-nations-commemorates-international-day-in-memory-of-holocaust-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncav-vienna.org\/?p=18449","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Commemorates International Day in Memory of Holocaust Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vienna, 27 January 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

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Every year on 27 January, the international community comes together to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This Day was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp in 1945.<\/h6>\n
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Today, the United Nations in Vienna solemnly observed the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The event, held under the theme „Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights,“<\/em> was organized by the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN in Vienna and the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), with the support of the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, in cooperation with the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna.<\/h6>\n
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The commemoration began with the viewing of the exhibitions: „Auschwitz – A Place on Earth: The Auschwitz Album“<\/em> and „Lest We Forget.“<\/em> These exhibits served as powerful visual testaments to the atrocities of the Holocaust and as reminders of the importance of remembrance and education in preventing such horrors from occurring again.<\/h6>\n
The solemn ceremony featured remarks from distinguished speakers, including:<\/h6>\n