On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and throughout this week of remembrance, we reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust when the Nazi regime systematically murdered 6 million Jews and millions of other innocents, including Roma, Sinti, Slavs, persons with disabilities. ![]() Community events commemorating the Holocaust are planned. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 that established the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, also designated 27 January as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust – observed with ceremonies and activities at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at United Nations offices around the world. Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2022. This year, Yom Hashoah begins after sunset on the evening of Wednesday, April 27, and concludes the evening of Thursday, April 28. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust ![]() Shown above from top left to right, António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, Irene Butter, Holocaust survivor, Volkan Bozkır, President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany and keynote speaker, and Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General. ![]() At the height of the COVID-pandemic in January 2021, the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme and UNESCO together with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance organized the first-ever online joint remembrance ceremony to mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
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