![]() ![]() 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Israel’s Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah (Day of the Remembrance of the Holocaust and Heroism), held since 1951, which recognizes the approximately 11 million people who perished and the heroism of survivors and rescuers and the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning for all Jewish tragedies, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples, the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust and more.Īs we approach Jan. If you answered, “no,” they are International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust) on Jan. If you answered “yes,” can you name them and how they are significant? For example, did you know that there are three days designated to commemorate the Holocaust? We are facing urgent challenges in how Holocaust remembrance. Holocaust education belongs to everyone, from parents and religious institutions to Federations, Jewish Community Centers and schools. More on Holocaust: Ex-principal in Holocaust controversy would have to take college course on the genocide if he wants to teach again Ken Burns' Holocaust documentary: What the 1940s teach us about the 2020s We cannot allow a people’s existence to be threatened ever again. In a world where prejudices are still manipulated and amplified and going unchallenged, discrimination must not be allowed to flourish. Antisemitism is at its highest level since World War II, with attacks on Jewish centers and synagogues, acts of assault, harassment, and violence on the upswing globally.Įven as we face dwindling numbers of aging survivors, the Holocaust remains a contemporary issue. It is a critical time for the lessons of the Holocaust, requiring the confrontation of a number of emotionally and intellectually difficult questions. The lack of awareness and acknowledgement is a worrisome trend. Some people trivialize the event in which nearly one-third of the Jewish population perished, while others deny its existence. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, yet recent surveys have shown that people’s knowledge of the Holocaust is minimal. Thanks for your interest.Watch Video: How this Holocaust survivor became a TikTok star: Video For an open, inclusive and equal European society.” We will work towards a European Union free from antisemitism and any form of discrimination. Europe can only prosper when its Jewish communities prosper too. So is Holocaust denial, distortion, trivialization, which is fueling antisemitism and has corrosive effects for collective European memory and cohesion. Antisemitism is again on the rise in Europe. We have to call out antisemitism, antigypsyism and all forms of hatred and discrimination – be it on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.Īntisemitism led to the Holocaust but did not end with it. We cannot remain silent when injustice takes place, when massacres are committed. Tormented, beaten, starved, where did they find the strength – spiritual and physical – to resist?” They were determined to fight back.Īs stated by Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel: “The question is not why all the Jews did not fight, but how so many of them did. Still today, and forever, we can learn from the strength, courage and the determination of these poorly armed Jewish fighters and partisans, who carried out revolts successfully against all odds, and an almost certain death. Because Jewish victims were not passive they organised resistance against the Nazis. There were other revolts that might be less talked about – in concentration and death camps in Treblinka and Sobibor or the Białystok Ghetto. Others could later escape from that train, 120 survived. But also other resistance acts like in Belgium, where, that same day, three members of the resistance - Robert Maistriau, Youra Livchitz and Jean Franklemon - sabotaged a train going to Auschwitz with Jews sentenced to death. We will commemorate the 80th anniversary of major uprisings, like the Warsaw Ghetto uprising on 19 April 1943, which became a symbol of Jewish resistance and the brutality of the Nazi regime. This year will be marked by remembering Jewish resistance and insurgence in Nazi-occupied Europe. “ We must never forget the six millions of Jewish women, men and children, and all other victims, among them hundreds of thousands of Roma, murdered during the Holocaust. International Day of Holocaust Remembrance: “We must never forget the fate of millions of Jewish people”, President von der Leyen saysĢ7 January marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, President von der Leyen said:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |