Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by Survivors and Observances Worldwide

Events in Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Italy, and Bosnia-Herzegovina Highlight Global Commitment to Remembering the Holocaust

Survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland.
Observances were held in many other countries, with nearly 6 million European Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish and had relatives who were lost in the Holocaust, posted an image of a Jewish menorah on social media to mark the remembrance day.
In Italy, Holocaust commemorations included a torchlit procession alongside official statements from top political leaders.
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jews and Muslims from the country and from abroad gathered in Srebrenica to jointly observe Holocaust Remembrance Day, and to promote compassion and dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war.