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Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to remember and honor the lives of the 6 million Jewish victims and over 11 million other victims of the Holocaust.  In the era of COVID-19, Holocaust memorials, museums, and foundations across the world are offering virtual tours and open houses to explore their collections, in addition to compiling resources for combating Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.  See the links below to find out more.

 

Online Holocaust Remembrance Events:

  • 10:00 a.m. EST, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum’s commemoration event: http://auschwitz.org/en/home-page-76/

  • 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST, United Nations, virtual memory ceremony and rouble-table discussion: http://webtv.un.org/

  • 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST, 2021 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Remembrance Commemoration:

https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/veintlremday0121

  • 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST, Museum of Jewish Heritage, “18 Voices: A Liberation Day Reading of Young Writers’ Diaries from the Holocaust”:

https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/36-Voices-Registrations?_ga=2.179546016.520996772.1609874241-341923603.1598905598

 

Virtual Tours and Resources (alphabetical order):