Lessons From the Holocaust: Towards a World Free of Intolerance
Recognized annually on 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day honours the memory of over six million Jewish people who were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust, as well as the millions of other innocent victims of the Nazi regime’s horrific atrocities and human rights violations. In November 2005, the UN officially declared 27 January as a day to remember the victims of genocide under the Nazi regime’s anti-Semitic, racist and intolerant hate crimes. This date marks the...