Ukraine and the World Commemorate the Victims of the Holocaust. Survivors Mark 79th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
In Poland, near the town of Auschwitz, about 20 survivors from various death camps in Europe during the Second World War will lay wreaths at the Auschwitz Death Wall and hold prayers at the Birkenau monument. They will honour some 1.1 million victims, mostly Jews.
Survivors of the Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II with a modest ceremony on Saturday in southern Poland.
A memorial site and museum have been carefully preserved near the town of Auschwitz.
27 January marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day designated by the United Nations to commemorate the 6 million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany during World War II.
It is the day when Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, in 1945. More than 1.1 million people were killed by the Nazi regime in Auschwitz alone - most of them Jews - but also Roma, Sinti and Poles and other minorities.
The date was officially established in November 2005 by the United Nations General Assembly in resolution 60/7, which marked a day of remembrance for all victims of the Holocaust and to strengthen international education to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and prevent future genocides.
Today, there are approximately 245,000 Holocaust survivors in 90 countries. According to the Claims Conference, which seeks reparations for Holocaust survivors, almost half of these survivors - 119,300 - live in Israel.
Today, many people in Israel compare the Holocaust genocide to the 7 October Hamas massacre, in which more than 1,200 Jews were killed and more than 240 taken hostage - the largest loss of Jews in a single attack since the Holocaust.
On Friday, US President Joe Biden issued a statement condemning the 7 October Hamas attack and outlining his administration's plans to combat the rise in anti-Semitism that followed the attack.
As The Gaze previously wrote, Elon Musk recently visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Poland at the invitation of the European Jewish Association, following accusations of anti-Semitism on X [Twitter]. The visit was private, without an official delegation, photos or public statements. Elon Musk claims that the accusations of anti-Semitism against him were false. Elon Musk laid a wreath at the wall of death and took part in a short ceremony at the monument in Birkenau.
