Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration Events

Once again, la Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo (The Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation) organises a series of acts to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoured by UNESCO every 27 January, the date on which Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945.

The Holocaust resulted in the extermination of almost two thirds of the European Jewish population and remains one of the most painful reminders of the failure of the international community to protect this population. 

The activities planned are intended to refer to the human dignity and worth of all people, as well as their right to live without discrimination and to enjoy equal protection under the law, a right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

18.00 h. Candle lighting ceremony in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

IMPORTANT:

Due to the worsening of the health crisis, this year the ceremony will be streamed on the YouTube channel of the Three Cultures Foundation and it will not be possible to follow it in person.  

“The Holocaust was the product of an ideology of biological racism, of which a central element was hatred of Jews. […]. Three generations on, preserving the memory of the Holocaust means continuing the struggle against anti-Semitism, whose proponents persistently sully the memory of the dead in order to attack Jews today. The preservation of this memory requires support for historical research. It also requires education about the history of the Holocaust and other genocides and mass crimes.[…]. Together with educational leaders around the world, UNESCO carries out this work on a daily basis through educational research and training and through the UNESCO university chairs, as part of the Organization’s global citizenship education programmes."

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.