International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust: never to forget!

UN message

For António Guterres, no genocide is inevitable. He emphasizes that the Nazis They could only act with calculated cruelty, with acts ranging from discrimination against the Jews of Europe to their annihilation, because few people spoke out and many others did nothing.

The message points out that there was silence at national and international levels in the face of alarm sirens that had been sounding since the beginning. These warnings were hate speech, misinformation, disregard for human rights and the rule of law, exaltation of violence and racial supremacy, in addition to little regard for democracy and diversity.

The UN chief asked the genocide never be forgotten, nor allow others to forget, distort or deny it. For him, now is the time to decide against silence in the face of this evil and to defend the dignity and rights of all.

What was the Holocaust?

According to Yad Vashem website (🇬🇧), the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, the Holocaust was the systematic persecution and annihilation of Jews and other peoples carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.

During this period, Jews were the main victims, and around 6 million of them were killed, according to data from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Why remember the victims of the Holocaust on January 27th?

The date of January 27 commemorates the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops in 1945, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).

In Brazil

In Rio de Janeiro, the recently opened Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust Deputy Gerson Bergher hosted an event this Friday (27), with support from the Holocaust Memorial Cultural Association and the United Nations Information Center for Brazil.

In São Paulo, the event will take place on Sunday (29) and will be organized by Fisesp (Federação Israelita do Estado de São Paulo) and CIP (Congregação Israelita Paulista). The ceremony takes place from 18pm, at the CIP Etz Chaim Synagogue.

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