![]() The premise of all the remembrances is about the same. While the Museum is closed due to the coronavirus, this day is a no-less-important moment to remember and learn. International Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on January 27. ![]() 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. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2021, with two digital events on this playlist. ![]() EST Ticket: Free, Registration Not Required Location: Virtual Event Candles in the Museum’s Hall of Remembrance. The day of remembrance is held each year to honor the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis, as well as remembering those who died in genocides that followed. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust Time: January 27, 2021, 1:00 p.m.1:30 p.m. In an exciting ceremony, the Jewish community in Bahrain marked Holocaust Remembrance Day for the first time in a virtual ceremony initiated by The House Of Ten Commandments, the local Jewish organization said. 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. Participants in the special Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Bahrain Photo: Ambassador Houda Nonoo. This special observance is typically held in April coinciding with the Yom Hashoah Day of Observance on the Jewish calendar. 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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