Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and for the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity

On 27 January 1945, the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau – where more than one million people had been sent to gas chambers to perish during the Holocaust – was liberated.
We mark this “Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and for the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity” to honour the memory of the victims of the atrocities of the Holocaust and to recall that we must remain as determined and vigilant as ever with regard to the dangers of the phenomena of racism, intolerance and hatred. More...