International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 27 January

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Nations in 2005 as an international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The United Nations designated 27 January (the liberation of Auschwitz) as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The theme of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022 is “Memory, Dignity and Justice”

The objective of the day is to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.

History of the Day

A genocide occurred during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some 6 million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945. United Nations designated the day in 2005 to serve as a date for official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime and to promote Holocaust education throughout the world.