![]() After the End of the World: Displaced Persons and Displaced Persons Camps (10 January-23 February).Programme of Holocaust Remembrance and Educational Events in January and February at United Nations Headquarters: Guests are invited to register and receive links and updates about the ceremony or follow the event on social media with the hashtag #HolocaustRemembrance. The ceremony can be watched on United Nations WebTV, the United Nations YouTube channel, or the Twitter account of United Nations WebTV. The memorial ceremony will be hosted by Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications. Cantor Nissim Saal will recite the memorial prayer. Other musicians include Shoshana Shattenkirk, and Professor Renée Jolles who will perform a piece for violin specially composed by Victoria Bond for the 2023 Holocaust memorial ceremony. Mr. Shaham will perform on a “Violin of Hope”. Speakers include Jacques Grishaver, Holocaust survivor and Chair of the Netherlands Auschwitz Committee Professor Ethel Brooks, Roma and Sinti scholar and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, Professor Karen Frostig and Michael Shaham. Renowned Holocaust scholar Professor Debórah Dwork will deliver the keynote address. ![]() Speakers include the United Nations Secretary-General, the President of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, the Permanent Representative of Israel and a representative from the United States Mission to the United Nations. The theme, “Home and Belonging”, highlights the multidimensional human needs of victims of atrocity crimes and the dangers of hate speech, antisemitism, Holocaust distortion and denial, and prejudice. The violence of exclusion began with disinformation and hate speech that sought to normalize systemic injustice, discrimination and marginalization, and ended with genocidal killing. Victims of the Holocaust had their homes, their nationalities, and sense of belonging ripped from them by the Nazis and their racist collaborators. The memorial is organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme of the United Nations Department of Global Communications. The event will be attended by members of the diplomatic corps, Holocaust survivors and their families, veterans, civil society organizations and the general public. EST in the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York. The memorial ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. That commitment to shaping the future is precisely what we owe to the victims of the past.On Friday, 27 January, the United Nations will observe the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust under the theme “Home and Belonging”. ![]() As we witness an alarming rise in antisemitism, racism and extremism, we must recommit ourselves to learning those lessons, and acting on them. ![]() The UAE is proud of its role as a beacon of tolerance, and we want to thank our partners for joining us to commemorate this important day.”īradley D Wine, Council member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum added “The lessons of the Holocaust have never been more relevant. Education has a crucial role to play in combating extremism and raising awareness of Holocaust history is vital to this endeavour. HE Noura al Kaabi said: “International Holocaust Remembrance Day provides us with an opportunity to pay our respects to the victims of the Holocaust. Speakers at the event included Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth and President of the Zayed University, Robert Satloff from The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Dr Michael Allen, Acting Provost at Zayed University. ![]() Bradley D Wine, Council member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum introduced a talk by Ruth Cohen, a Holocaust survivor, who shared her own personal experiences. This ceremony at Zayed University highlighted the importance of Holocaust history and the need to confront hate and promote tolerance in the UAE. The UN urges every member state to honour the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is designated by the United Nations on 27 January and is an annual day of commemoration. The event was held in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The second official International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony was held at the Convention Center on the Abu Dhabi Campus at Zayed University on 26 January. ![]()
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