January 27 brings together people across the world in an annual celebration.
This day is the International Memorial Day for the Holocaust victims,the same date as the concentration camp Auschwitz was liberated in 1945.
Remembrance Day,January 27,highlights the commitment of all involved in the fight against intolerance,xenophobia,racism and antisemitism.
This year marks the 70 years since World War II broke out.
On September 1,1939,the German troops went into Poland.
What happened then still affects all of us.
The planned total genocide of the Jewish people is called the Holocaust.
About 6 million Jews was murdered by the Nazis.
This systematic genocide also affected others.
Approximately 1/2 million Roma,over 100.000 mentally disabled and retarded people,thousands of homosexuals and Jehovah´s Witnesses,and several million Polish civilians and Soviet prisoners of war were killed.
Approximately 1.5 million people were murdered in the worst concentration camp,Auschwitz.
Throughout the world,there are people who are deeply committed in the Memorial Day,and also in the Holocaust history.
Their awards for the Holocaust victims,reminds us of what really happened,so there are not forgotten.
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