The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27th – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.
Watch this episode of an award-winning series that features Irene Weiss, a survivor of Auschwitz, who volunteers at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (note: click the red arrow to start the video and wait a few moments for it to begin).
To learn more about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, visit US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
source: US Holocaust Memorial Museum