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:
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10:00 a.m. EST, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum’s commemoration event: http://auschwitz.org/en/home-page-76/
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11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST, United Nations, virtual memory ceremony and rouble-table discussion: http://webtv.un.org/
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1:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST, 2021 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Remembrance Commemoration:
https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/veintlremday0121
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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”:
Virtual Tours and Resources (alphabetical order):
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Anne Frank House online visits: https://www.annefrank.org/en/museum/web-and-digital/
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Debunking Holocaust denial: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/how-to-refute-holocaust-denial
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Jewish Virtual Library’s articles on Anti-Semitism: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/anti-semitism
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Jüdisches Museum Berlin’s online showcase: https://www.jmberlin.de/en/online-projects
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Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas online exhibitions: https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/en/exhibitions/
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum virtual tour: https://www.ushmm.org/teach/teaching-materials/primary-sources-collections/virtual-field-trip/virtual-tour-for-students
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Yad Vashem, online exhibitions: https://www.yadvashem.org/exhibitions.html
