Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust education, remembrance is our responsibility - opinion

Remembrance is not a moment of silence or a ceremony once a year: It is an active responsibility.

Auschwitz Survivor, Gregorz Tomaszewski, age 83 holds a book with photos of him when he was a child as he speaks during a meeting with the press at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust on January 26, 2023 in Oswiecim, Poland.
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 A person holds a placard during a demonstration against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2023.

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 The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

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Biden reminds world of Hamas atrocities at Capitol Hill’s Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

Though these days of remembrance fall on difficult times, Biden said, Americans must never rest. They must rise against hate.

 US President Joe Biden addresses rising levels of antisemitism, during a speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony, at the US Capitol building in Washington, US, May 7, 2024.

MK Kahana marches alongside Christians and Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day

During his trip, MK Kahana engaged in meetings at the Parliament of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart where he discussed efforts needed to combat antisemitism.

1000 Christians and Jews March with MK Matan Kahane and IAF President, Josh Reinstein on Yom Hashoah with the March of Life in Stuttgart.

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside Auschwitz during March of the Living

The pro-Palestinian protest occurred during a march commemorating the victims of the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

 March of the Living at Auschwitz, May 6, 2024.

TikTok creators unite globally at March of the Living to commemorate Holocaust

A team of 27 TikTok creators joins the March of the Living to commemorate the Holocaust, reaching millions with their content and combating online hatred.

 TikTokers getting together in Budapest, May 6, 2024.

From trauma to resilience: October 7 survivors join March of the Living at Auschwitz

Reporter's Notebook: At the March of the Living, where survivors and their descendants walk the grounds of Auschwitz, Thomas Hand, father of former hostage Emily Hand, finds a deep connection.

 Thomas Hand at Auschwitz, March of the Living, May 6, 2024.

Biden proclaims week of Holocaust remembrance with 'ironclad support' to Israel's security

The week will be between May 5 and May 12 annually, established as the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.

US President Joe Biden departs the White House for Wilmington, Delaware, in Washington, US, May 3, 2024.

Before Eurovision starts, Israel's Eden Golan marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israeli Eurovision contestant Eden Golan skipped the song contest's opening gala ceremony on the Turquoise Carpet to instead attend a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony with Malmo's Jewish residents.

 Israeli Eurovision contestant Eden Golan is seen rehearsing her song "Hurricane" ahead of her semi-finals performance in Malmo, Sweden, on May 3, 2024.

Knesset holds 'Unto every person there is a name' Holocaust Remembrance ceremony

During the ceremony, MKs light candles in memory of those murdered in the Holocaust and read out the names of those murdered.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana lights a memorial candle in memory of Ada Dadosh, who was murdered in the Giado concentration camp in Libya.

Israel comes to a halt to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime and its allies in the Holocaust from 1933-1945.

An Israeli soldier stands during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, at an installation at the site of the Nova festival where party goers were killed and kidnapped during the October 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists, in Reim, southern Israel, May 6, 2024.

Conflating the Holocaust with the current war cheapens the memory of the six million - editorial

Since the war began, there has been no shortage of Nazi terminology and imagery being bandied about.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.