![]() ![]() ![]() United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 that established the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, also designated 27 January as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust – observed with ceremonies and activities at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at United Nations offices around the world. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2023 on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. ![]() An incredibly meaningful date for Jews around the world, it is an opportunity to reflect on the tragic murder of six million. The official state opening ceremony will take place on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The first to be established was 'Yom HaShoah'. Shown above from top left to right, António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, Irene Butter, Holocaust survivor, Volkan Bozkır, President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany and keynote speaker, and Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General. Today is Yom HaShoah, the annual Jewish rememberence of the Holocaust. Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day will be observed this year on Wednesday evening and Thursday. Renee Hanlon There are three major Holocaust Remembrance Observances that happen at different times and places around the world. At the height of the COVID-pandemic in January 2021, the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme and UNESCO together with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance organized the first-ever online joint remembrance ceremony to mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. ![]()
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