International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 27 January

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 27 January

  • International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) is observed on 27 January every year since 2006.
  • The theme of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022 is  “Memory, Dignity and Justice”
  • The objective of the day is to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.
  • A genocide occurred during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.
  • United Nations designated the day in 2005 to serve as a date for official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime and to promote Holocaust education throughout the world.

Points to Remember:

  1. When is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day observed?
  2. What is the theme of 2022 International Holocaust Remembrance Day?

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