Every year on January 27, the international community commemorates the victims of the Holocaust - the memory of the Jews and representatives of other national minorities who were deliberately exterminated during World War II.
On January 27, 1945, troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated one of the largest Nazi death camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau. During World War II, 6 million Jews fell victim to Nazi policies that aimed to exterminate peoples and groups the Nazis considered a threat or inferior. About 1.5 million of them were from the territory of modern-day Ukraine.
«"The Holocaust, which led to the destruction of one third of the Jews and countless other nationalities, will always serve as a warning to all people about the dangers inherent in hatred, fanaticism, racism and prejudice..." - this is the wording of the 2005 United Nations General Assembly resolution that established the memorable date.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – a day when it is worth reflecting once again on the events that took place, finding new approaches to keeping this memory alive, to spreading the truth about genocides, to avoid their repetition again and again.
Today, as our Ukraine resists Russian aggression, we are once again experiencing all the horrors of war. The racist occupiers brought death and destruction to our land. We are fighting for our freedom and Independence.
The Holocaust is a tragedy that cannot be forgotten. We remember a page of history that changed the world.
Eternal memory to the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.
Eternal memory to the victims of Russian aggression in Ukraine.