The virulent antisemitism that led to the Holocaust is still rampant around the globe today, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said against the backdrop of Monday’s solemn commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
M onday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated on January 27, 1945. 80 years later, it is our responsibility to remember. #WeRemember.
As Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on Jan. 27, a town in southwestern Germany unflinchingly confronts its past and reaches out to Jews.
As antisemitism surges globally in the wake of October 7, an unlikely phenomenon provides grounds for cautious optimism: the emergence and continued operation of Holocaust museums and exhibitions in Muslim-majority countries.
Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
The United Nations (UN) held the annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony on January 27 with the theme “Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights”. This year – 2025 – marks the 80 year anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps that resulted in the deaths of over 6
Mayor Wright of Westerville proclaimed yesterday as Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor victims and fight antisemitism, aligning with UN resolutions.
A recent study revealed that four out of six people under the age of 30 were not aware that 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust.
Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concen
The liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally.