Every year on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated.
A resolution to this effect was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on November 1, 2005. The initiators of the adoption of the document were Israel, Canada, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, and their co-authors were more than 90 more states.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was first observed around the world in 2006. However, some countries celebrated this day earlier.
The date of the memorable day was not chosen by chance; It was on this day, January 27, 1945, that the Soviet army liberated the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland), in which, according to various estimates, from 1.5 to 4 million people died. The exact number of deaths in Auschwitz could never be established, since many documents were destroyed, and the Germans themselves did not keep records of the victims sent to the gas chambers immediately upon arrival. According to the documents of the Nuremberg Tribunal, 2.8 million people died, 90 percent of whom were Jews.
In a resolution dated November 1, 2005, the UN General Assembly called on Member States to develop educational programs to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust are forever remembered by subsequent generations and help prevent future acts of genocide.
“The Holocaust, which led to the extermination of one third of the Jewish people and countless other minorities, will always serve as a warning to all people about the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice,” the UN General Assembly resolution states.
In memory of the six million Jewish victims of Nazism, memorials and museums have been erected in many countries around the world. Among them are the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem, the Documentation Center and Memorial in Paris, the Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, the Museum in Memory of 1.5 Million Jewish Children in Hiroshima, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust in Moscow.
To ensure historical truth about the events of World War II, the decisive role of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition in the victory over fascism, as well as preserving the memory of the horrors of the Holocaust, a series of high-level events called the World Holocaust Forum (International Forum “Live for My People!”) has been held since 2005. ").
Holocaust - from the ancient Greek holocaustosis, meaning “burnt offering”, “destruction by fire”, “sacrifice”. In modern scientific literature and journalism, it refers to the policy of Nazi Germany, its allies and accomplices in the persecution and extermination of six million Jews in 1933-1945.
The term was first used by the future Nobel Peace Prize laureate writer Elie Wiesel as a symbol of the gas chambers and crematoria of extermination camps. Since the world premiere of the American television series of the same name in 1978, the term “Holocaust” has been actively used to name museums, memorials and educational centers. In Israel and some other countries the term Shoah is also used, meaning “Catastrophe of European Jewry.”
Auschwitz, also known by its German name Auschwitz, was intended as a camp for Polish political prisoners. The first period of operation (until mid-1942) is called “Polish” by historians, since at that moment most of the prisoners were residents of Poland. The second stage in the history of the camp is called the “Jewish” one. The role of Auschwitz as a center for the extermination of Jews increased immeasurably after the meeting held on January 20, 1942 in a suburb of Berlin on Lake Wannsee. It was dedicated to the destruction of an entire people - "the final solution to the Jewish question." It would later be called the "Wannsee Conference". Her protocol appeared at the Nuremberg trials as one of the most important pieces of evidence in the section “Persecution of Jews.”
According to the UN resolution, tomorrow is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Well, a good reason to remember how the Holocaust propaganda bubble was inflated. In principle, an educated person should already be ashamed to believe in the official version of this global scam.
On November 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution declaring that January 27 will be observed annually as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In connection with this event, we will conduct a short lesson on the topic of the Holocaust, using Mark Weber’s article “Auschwitz: Myths and Facts.”
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The myth of the Holocaust is being circulated in the world media in connection with the statement of the Polish Foreign Minister that “Auschwitz was liberated for the most part by Ukrainian units containing Soviet troops.”
Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet soldiers, and this date is very important for Russia, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview with Bild. Thus, the head of the German Foreign Ministry clearly outlined the position of the German authorities in the scandal surrounding the words of his Polish colleague Grzegorz Schetyna.
“Germany accepts its historical responsibility for the Holocaust and for the Nazi crimes against millions of people in Poland, the former Soviet Union and elsewhere,” Steinmeier concluded.
Let us recall that the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland that “Auschwitz was liberated for the most part by Ukrainian units consisting of Soviet troops” caused outrage not only in Moscow, but also in Warsaw itself.
“Auschwitz survivors would punch Schetyna in the face,” wrote one of the readers of Gazeta Wyborcza, commenting on the minister’s words. Other commentators also reproached the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry for ignorance of history and political bias. And political scientist Mateusz Piskorski called Schetyna’s statement “an attempt to justify the absurdities of Polish pro-Banderist foreign policy.”
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Institute for Historical Revision
Almost everyone has heard of Auschwitz, the World War II German concentration camp where masses of prisoners - mostly Jews - were allegedly exterminated in gas chambers. Auschwitz is widely believed to be the worst Nazi extermination center. However, the camp's scary reputation does not match the facts.
Scientists disagree about the Holocaust story
To the surprise of many, more and more historians and engineers are questioning the generally accepted history of Auschwitz. These "revisionist" scholars do not deny the fact that large numbers of Jews were deported to this camp, or that many died there, especially from typhus and other diseases. However, the convincing evidence they present proves that Auschwitz was not an extermination center and that history mass murders in "gas chambers" are a myth.
Auschwitz camps
The Auschwitz camp complex was established in 1940 in central-southern Poland. Between 1942 and mid-1944 many Jews were deported there.
The main camp was known as Auschwitz I. Birkenau or Auschwitz II was supposedly the main extermination center, and Monowitz or Auschwitz III was a major industrial center for the production of gasoline from coal. In addition, adjacent to them were dozens of smaller camps that supported the war economy.
Four million victims?
At the post-war Nuremberg Tribunal, the Allies claimed that the Germans exterminated four million people at Auschwitz. This figure, invented by Soviet communists, was uncritically accepted for many years. For example, she often appeared in major American newspapers and magazines. /1/
Today no serious historian, even those who generally accept the story of extermination, believes this figure. Israeli Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer said in 1989 that it was time to finally admit that the famous figure of four million was a patent myth. In July 1990, the Auschwitz State Museum in Poland, together with the Israeli Holocaust center Yad Vashem, suddenly announced that everyone had died there. probably one million people (Jews and non-Jews) . None of these agencies said how many of them were actually killed, nor was the estimated number of people allegedly gassed dead. /2/ Renowned Holocaust historian Gerald Reitlinger estimates that approximately 700,000 Jews died at Auschwitz. Recently, Holocaust historian Jean-Claude Pressac estimated that about 800,000 people died at Auschwitz, of whom 630,000 were Jews. Although even these downward adjustments remain incorrect, they show that the history of Auschwitz has undergone enormous changes over time.
Ridiculous stories
At one time it was seriously alleged that Jews were systematically electrocuted at Auschwitz. American newspapers, citing the testimony of a Soviet eyewitness from the liberated Auschwitz, told their readers in February 1945 that the methodical Germans killed Jews there using "an electric conveyor belt on which hundreds of people could be electrocuted at a time and then transported to ovens. They burned almost instantly, producing fertilizer for the nearby cabbage fields." /4/
In addition, at the Nuremberg Tribunal, the main US prosecutor, Robert Jackson, argued that the Germans used “a recently invented device that made it possible to instantly vaporize 20,000 Jews in Auschwitz, without leaving a trace of them.” /5/ Today, not a single prominent historian takes such fictitious stories seriously.
"Confession" by Hess
The key Holocaust document is the April 5, 1946 “confession” of former Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hess, presented by the US prosecution at the main Nuremberg trial. /6/
Although it is still widely cited as definitive proof that Auschwitz was an extermination camp, the claim was in fact false. obtained under torture.
Many years after the war, British military intelligence officer Bernard Clark described how he and five other British soldiers tortured the former commandant to extract a “confession” from him. Hess himself explained his torment in the following words: “Yes, of course, I signed a statement that I killed 2.5 million Jews. I could also say that there were 5 million of these Jews. There are ways in which you can get any recognition , regardless of whether it is true or not." /7/
Even historians who generally accept the Holocaust story of extermination now admit that many of Hess's statements "under oath" are simply lies. For this reason alone, no serious historian today claims that 2.5 or 3 million people died at Auschwitz.
In addition, Hess's "affidavit" states that Jews were exterminated by gas in the summer of 1941 in three other camps: Belzek, Treblinka and Wolzek. The Wolseck camp mentioned by Hess is a complete fiction. Such a camp never existed and its name is no longer mentioned in Holocaust literature. Moreover, those who believe in the Holocaust legend now claim that the gassing of Jews began in Auschwitz, Treblinka and Belzek only in 1942.
Lack of documentary evidence
After the war, the Allies confiscated many thousands of secret German documents relating to Auschwitz. None of them mention a plan or program of extermination. When it comes to facts, the history of extermination cannot be reconciled with documentary evidence.
Unemployable Jewish prisoners
It is often stated that all Jews who were unable to work were immediately killed at Auschwitz. It is alleged that old, young, sick or weakened Jews were gassed immediately upon arrival, and those who were temporarily left to live were worked to death.
However, in fact the evidence shows that a very large percentage of Jewish prisoners were disabled and yet were not killed. For example, a telegram dated September 4, 1943, from the head of the Manpower Department of the Main Economic and Administrative Office of the SS (WVHA) reported that of the 25,000 Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz only 3581 were able to operate , and the remaining Jewish prisoners - approximately 21,500 or about 86% - were disabled. /8/
This was also confirmed in the secret report on “security measures at Auschwitz” dated April 5, 1944, by the Chief of the SS concentration camp system, Oswald Pohl, sent to the Head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler. Paul reported that there were 67,000 prisoners in the entire Auschwitz camp complex, of whom 18,000 were hospitalized or disabled. The Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp, supposedly the main extermination center, housed 36,000 prisoners, mostly women, of whom “approximately 15,000 were disabled.” /9/
These two documents simply cannot be reconciled with the history of the extermination at Auschwitz.
Evidence shows that Auschwitz-Birkenau was created primarily as a a camp for disabled Jews, including the sick and old, as well as those awaiting transfer to other camps. That's the conclusion of Dr. Arthur Butz of Northwestern University, who also says it was responsible for the unusually high death rate there. /10/
Princeton University history professor Arno Mayer, who is Jewish, admits in a recent book on the “final solution” that more Jews died at Auschwitz from typhus and other “natural” causes than were executed. /eleven/
Anne Frank
Probably the most famous prisoner of Auschwitz was Anne Frank, who became known throughout the world thanks to her famous diary. However, few people know that thousands of Jews, including Anne and her father Otto Frank, “survived” Auschwitz.
This 15-year-old girl and her father were deported from Holland to Auschwitz in September 1944. A few weeks later, in view of the advance of the Soviet army, Anna, along with many other Jews, was evacuated to the Bergen-Belsen camp, where she died of typhus in March 1945.
Her father contracted typhus in Auschwitz and was sent to the camp hospital for treatment. He was one of thousands of sick and weakened Jews left there by the Germans when they abandoned the camp in January 1945, shortly before it was captured by Soviet troops. He died in Switzerland in 1980.
If the Germans had planned to kill Anne Frank and her father, they would not have survived Auschwitz. Their fate, although tragic, cannot be reconciled with the history of extermination.
Allied propaganda
Stories of gassing at Auschwitz are largely based on oral statements from former Jewish prisoners who did not personally witness evidence of extermination. Their claims are understandable, since rumors of gassing at Auschwitz were widespread.
Allied planes dropped huge quantities of leaflets in Polish and German on Auschwitz and the surrounding areas, which claimed that people were being gassed in this camp. The Auschwitz gas story, which formed an important part of Allied war propaganda, was also broadcast on radio to Europe. /12/
Testimony of survivors
Former prisoners confirmed that they saw no evidence of extermination at Auschwitz.
Austrian Maria Fanherwaarden testified in the Toronto District Court in March 1988 about her time in Auschwitz. She was interned at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942 for having sex with a Polish prisoner. As she was being transported by train to the camp, one gypsy woman told her and the others that they would all be gassed in Auschwitz.
Upon arrival, Maria and the other women were told to undress and go into a spacious concrete room with no windows and wash themselves in the shower. The horrified women thought they were about to be killed. However, instead of gas, water came out of the shower heads.
Maria confirmed that Auschwitz was not a resort. She witnessed the death of many prisoners from diseases, especially typhus, some even committed suicide. But she saw no evidence of massacres, gassings, or execution of any extermination plan. /13/
A Jewish woman named Marika Frank arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau from Hungary in July 1944, when an estimated 25,000 Jews were being gassed and burned daily. She also testified after the war, that she did not see or hear anything about the “gas chambers” while she was there. She heard the "gas" stories only later. /14/
Released prisoners
Auschwitz prisoners who had served their sentences were released and returned to their home countries. If Auschwitz was in fact a secret extermination center, then the Germans of course, they would not release prisoners who “knew” what was happening in the camp . /15/
Himmler orders a reduction in mortality
In response to increasing deaths among prisoners due to disease, especially typhus, the German authorities in charge of the camps adopted stringent disease control measures.
The Chief of the SS Camp Administration sent a directive on December 28, 1942 to Auschwitz and other concentration camps. It sharply criticized the high mortality rate of prisoners due to disease and ordered that "camp doctors should use all means at their disposal to reduce the death rate in the camps." Moreover, the directive provided that:
Camp doctors should check prisoners' nutrition more frequently than in the past and, together with the administration, make recommendations to camp commandants... Camp doctors should see to it that working conditions and workplaces are improved as far as possible.
Finally, the directive emphasized that "The Reichsführer SS [Heinrich Himmler] ordered that the mortality rate must be absolutely reduced." /16/
Internal regulations of German camps
The official internal regulations of the German camps clearly show that Auschwitz was not an extermination center. These rules provided for the following provisions: /17/
Those arriving at the camp must undergo a thorough medical examination, and in case of doubt [regarding their health] must be quarantined for observation.
Prisoners who complain of feeling unwell must be examined by a camp doctor on the same day. If necessary, the doctor must admit the prisoner to a hospital for professional treatment.
The camp doctor must regularly inspect the kitchen to check food preparation and quality of food. Report any observed shortcomings to the camp commandant.
Particular attention should be paid to the treatment of accident victims so that the productivity of prisoners is not impaired.
Prisoners to be released and transferred must first be examined by a camp doctor.
Aerial photography
In 1979, the CIA released detailed photographs of Auschwitz-Birkenau taken over several days during an aerial reconnaissance in 1944 (at the height of the alleged extermination there). These photographs show no traces of mountains of corpses, smoking chimneys of crematoriums, crowds of Jews awaiting death - all that allegedly happened there. If Auschwitz had been an extermination center, as was claimed, then all these signs of extermination would have been clearly visible in the photographs. /18/
Absurd claims related to cremation
Cremation experts have confirmed that thousands of corpses could not have been cremated daily at Auschwitz during the spring and summer of 1944, as is commonly claimed.
For example, Ivan Lagace, director of a large crematorium in Calgary, Canada, testified in court in April 1988 that stories of cremation at Auschwitz were technically impossible. The claim that 10,000 or even 20,000 corpses were burned daily at Auschwitz in crematoria and open pits in the summer of 1944 is simply “absurd” and “completely unrealistic,” he said under oath. /19/
Gas chamber specialist refutes extermination story
The leading American expert on gas chambers, Boston engineer Fred Leuchter, carefully examined the alleged "gas chambers" in Poland and came to the conclusion that the story of gassing at Auschwitz was absurd and technically impossible.
Lochter is one of the leading experts in the design and installation of gas chambers used in the United States to execute convicted criminals. For example, he designed gas chambers for the Missouri State Penitentiary.
In February 1988, he carried out a detailed examination on site in Poland of the "gas chambers" at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek, still extant and or only partially collapsed. In an affidavit in Toronto court and in his technical report, Lochter detailed every aspect of his research.
He said they had come to the confident conclusion that the proposed gas facilities could not have been used to kill people. Among other things, he pointed out that the so-called "gas chambers" were not tightly sealed or ventilated and would inevitably poison German camp personnel if these "gas chambers" were used to kill people. /20/
Dr. William B. Lindsey - a research chemist who worked for 33 years for the DuPont Corporation - also testified in court in 1985 that stories of gassings at Auschwitz were technically impossible. Based on a thorough on-site examination of the "gas chambers" at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek, and on the basis of his professional experience and knowledge, he stated: "I have come to the conclusion that no one was killed in this manner with Zyklon B (hydrogen cyanide gas) deliberately or intentionally. I consider it absolutely impossible." /21/
Conclusion
The story of the extermination of people at Auschwitz was a product of war propaganda. More than 40 years after the end of the 2nd World War, it is necessary to take a more objective look at this chapter of history, which causes such conflicting opinions. The legend of Auschwitz lies at the heart of the Holocaust story. If no one systematically killed hundreds of thousands of Jews there, as is alleged, then this means that one of the largest myths of our time has collapsed.
Artificially maintaining hatred and emotions of the past prevents genuine reconciliation and lasting peace from being achieved. Revisionism promotes the development of historical consciousness and international understanding. This is why the work of the Institute for Historical Revision is so important and deserves your support.
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Notes
- Nuremberg document 008-USSR. IMT blue series, Vol. 39, pp. 241, 261.; NC and A red series, vol. 1, p. 35.; C.L. Sulzberger, "Oswiecim Killings Placed at 4,000,000," New York Times, May 8, 1945, and, New York Times, Jan. 31, 1986, p. A4.
- Y. Bauer, "Fighting the Distortions," Jerusalem Post (Israel), Sept. 22, 1989; "Auschwitz Deaths Reduced to a Million," Daily Telegraph (London), July 17, 1990; "Poland Reduces Auschwitz Death Toll Estimated to 1 Million," The Washington Times, July 17, 1990.
- G. Reitlinger, The Final Solution (1971); J.-C. Pressac, Le Cr¦matoires d'Auschwitz: La machinerie du meurtre de mass (Paris: CNRS, 1993). On Pressac's estimates, see: L'Express (France), Sept. 30, 1993, p. 33.
- Washington (DC) Daily News, Feb. 2, 1945, pp. 2, 35. (United Press dispatch from Moscow).
- IMT blue series, Vol. 16, p. 529-530. (June 21, 1946).
- Nuremberg document 3868-PS (USA-819). IMT blue series, Vol. 33, pp. 275-279.
- Rupert Butler, Legions of Death (England: 1983), pp. 235; R. Faurisson, The Journal of Historical Review, Winter 1986-87, pp. 389-403.
- Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute of Warsaw, German document No. 128, in: H. Eschwege, ed., Kennzeichen J (East Berlin: 1966), p. 264.
- Nuremberg document NO-021. NMT green series, Vol. 5. pp. 384-385.
- Arthur Butz, The Hoax of the Twentieth Century (Costa Mesa, Calif.), p. 124.
- Arno Mayer, Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "Final Solution" in History (Pantheon, 1989), p. 365.
- Nuremberg document NI-11696. NMT green series, Vol. 8, p. 606.
- Testimony in Toronto District Court, March 28, 1988. Toronto Star, March 29, 1988, p. A2.
- Sylvia Rothchild, ed., Voices from the Holocaust (New York: 1981), pp. 188-191.
- Walter Laqueur, The Terrible Secret (Boston: 1981), p. 169.
- Nuremberg document PS-2171, Annex 2. NC&A red series, Vol. 4, pp. 833-834.
- "Rules and Regulations for the Concentration Camps." Anthology, Inhuman Medicine, Vol. 1, Part 1 (Warsaw: International Auschwitz Committee, 1970), pp. 149-151.; S. Paskuly, ed., Death Dealer: the Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz (Buffalo: 1992), pp. 216-217.
- Dino A. Brugioni and Robert C. Poirier, The Holocaust Revisited (Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 1979).
- Canadian Jewish News (Toronto), April 14, 1988, p. 6.
- The Leuchter Report: An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Gas Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek (Toronto: 1988). Available for $17.00, postpaid, from the IHR.
- The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Feb. 12, 1985, p. M3
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This date is the first world day of remembrance dedicated to the victims of Nazi cruelty. In 2007, it was approved by the UN General Assembly. This was an unusual meeting, it began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. And most importantly, not only politicians were present, there were people who know about the Holocaust first-hand: they managed to survive the torture of the Nazis. The meeting of the Assembly that day was a real historical event.
What is "Holocaust"
The word "Holocaust" was borrowed into English from the Latin Bible and means "burnt offering" or "burnt offering." Ho-lo-coast, listen to how scary it sounds... Today, this term refers to the mass extermination of various social and ethnic groups during the existence of Nazi Germany.
The Holocaust was the Nazis' horrendous attempt to completely exterminate the Jewish people. The Nazis managed to create a large-scale, well-functioning system for exterminating people, which almost never failed. Ghettos and concentration camps functioned uninterruptedly, and countless lists of potential victims were created.
The Holocaust can rightfully be called one of the most heinous and unforgivable crimes ever committed by humanity. Today it is very difficult to talk about the exact numbers of Holocaust victims. It is generally accepted that there are six million lost lives. This number appeared in the indictments of the Nuremberg trials. Six million are just dry numbers. Grief cannot be measured. Behind these numbers lies pain, despair, broken lives.
Concentration camp "Auschwitz"
The date January 27 was not chosen by chance. It was on this day that the liberation of Auschwitz took place. The General Assembly called on the participating countries to never forget the terrible lessons of the Holocaust and to carry out active educational work among the population, especially among young people. The creation of monuments, memorials, and mourning events will prevent genocide in the future.
Auschwitz is the largest concentration camp in history in terms of the number of victims. This is a whole complex consisting of several subsystems. These included: death camps, forced labor camps and, in fact, a concentration camp.
One of the forms of genocide in the camp was labor, which the Nazis called among themselves “extermination by work.” The conditions of the prisoners were truly inhuman. The barracks were always overcrowded, with about five prisoners per bed. The barracks were not protected by anything from cold, heat, or moisture. The prisoners experienced constant hunger. The meager food often caused them diarrhea. In such conditions, infectious diseases developed at lightning speed. Most prisoners at Auschwitz survived only a few weeks. The “mechanism of death” was working at full capacity.
Escape from Auschwitz was unrealistic. The camp was surrounded by fences with energized barbed wire. A large number of sentry towers were erected.
On January 27, the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by Soviet troops under the command of Marshal Konev. To this day, horrific photographs of huge piles of personal belongings of Holocaust victims sow genuine fear in the souls of people around the world.
Today a museum is open in Auschwitz. It is visited by those whose loved ones spent the last days of their lives here. Those whose destinies God saved from this ominous place, where many years ago all human values lost all meaning, also come here.
Holocaust Remembrance Day in different countries is most often dedicated to an event that occurred in that state. So, in Hungary it is April 16th. It was on this day in 1944 that Jews began to be moved en masse by the Nazis into the ghetto.
In Israel, this is Nisan 27 according to the Jewish calendar. On this day, an uprising took place in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Latvian Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated on July 4th. On this day in 1941, all Riga synagogues were burned by the Nazis.
For us, the Holocaust today is a memory. The memory of the triumph of the human spirit over the executioners, of the unforgivable and monstrous crime. This is also a warning for each of us.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated annually and is the first global day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust. The day was approved by the 2005 UN General Assembly in resolution 60/7.
The UN General Assembly began a special meeting dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the liberation of prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945, with a minute of silence. During the existence of Auschwitz, according to some estimates, from 1.5 to 2.2 million people died there.
The meeting was opened by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who called on “present and future generations” to prevent the horrors of fascism from being repeated.
“Today is a day when we honor the victims of the Holocaust, the Allied powers whose troops defeated Nazism, and those brave souls who risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives to save others.”, said Annan. He also emphasized that “We must not ignore the resurgence of anti-Semitism and must be prepared to act against its new forms. We bear this obligation not only to the Jewish people, but also to all others who are or may be threatened with the same fate. We must not turn a blind eye to ideologies of hatred and discrimination wherever they appear.”
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel Silvan Shalom responded to Kofi Annan's wishes. With words of gratitude, he addressed the allied forces who freed prisoners from death camps 60 years ago from the rostrum.
“The liberating soldiers from the states of the anti-Hitler coalition showed that humanity is capable of good. In the face of indifference to the suffering of others, they showed compassion. In the face of deception, they demonstrated courage and determination,” Shalom said.
The head of the German Foreign Ministry, Joschka Fischer, who was also present at the session, said that democratic Germany had learned lessons from the irreparable mistakes of previous generations of Germans, which led to the heinous crimes of the Hitler regime.
“Our past requires us to fight uncompromisingly against anti-Semitism, xenophobia and intolerance”, said Fischer.
Not only politicians came to the session; among the guests there were also people who directly experienced Nazi torture. Therefore, the event became truly historic. As reported, holding such a meeting became possible after prolonged diplomatic efforts by Israel, the United States, Russia, the European Union and other countries, as a result of which 156 countries supported the holding of such an event.
The UN General Assembly called on Member States to develop and implement educational programs to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust are forever remembered by subsequent generations and help prevent future acts of genocide. In many countries around the world there are memorials and museums dedicated to the memory of the victims of the genocide, and today on this day mourning ceremonies and various commemorative events and actions are held here.
Commemorative events are also held in Auschwitz on this day. It is currently open to everyone. You can visit it and see everything with your own eyes, or take a virtual tour through the museum.
The Holocaust is our problem
Not only Jews, but all people,
We remember those who died then
During the years of terrible days.
Today my heart hurts again,
And it’s not easy to calm her down,
When the memory comes back to life again,
Years of brutal holocaust.
On this day the planet mourns,
This day is a bridge in our memory,
So that we do not forget the consequences of the geto,
And the victims who were to blame for the Holocaust.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated on January 27. The holiday was approved in 2005 at a special meeting of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp. The date was based on the day of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops, the notorious concentration camp located in Poland during the war.
Sad statistics show that during the period of its operation, Auschwitz killed at least one and a half million innocent people, including women and small children. In many countries, mourning ceremonies are held on January 27. Honoring the memory of innocent victims, citizens lay wreaths and flowers at memorial plaques and monuments.
In Germany, Concentration Camp Remembrance Day has existed since 1969, and in Britain it has been celebrated since 2001. The sad holiday does not allow us to forget about the victims of the Holocaust and provides an opportunity for citizens around the world to honor their memory.
At the end of January there is a mournful date -
We honor the memory of those who should not leave,
We honor the souls of those who have gone straight to heaven
From evil, heartless, cruel people
Holocaust... This is a terrible word,
These are tears from the eyes of millions of children,
These are the screams and rare moans of the dead,
These are hundreds of ruined destinies of people.
Humanism - the Nazis did not know this word,
They were ruled by anger and madness of blood,
They only loved themselves, period,
They exterminated other peoples of the earth.
The candles were lit - a scattering of sad stars
We honor the memory with a minute of silence,
All the victims of the disaster called the Holocaust,
For which we find no justification.
We carry sadness for them in our hearts.
We have not forgotten, no, we have not resigned ourselves.
After a year, we are ready to do everything,
May this never happen again.
Today on this sad day
We will remember all the victims of the Holocaust,
Those who died in concentration camps
Let us remember both children and adults,
They went through hell on earth
And experienced the fear of the sea,
Let's pray that never
This grief did not happen again!
Can't be forgotten, can't be left in the past
The pain and blood that the Holocaust brought,
The torment of the prisoners... They scream heart-rendingly...
The churchyard is filled with tortured people.
Let the peoples of the world remember on this day
About the terrible genocide of Nazi beasts.
And may the holy powers protect our world,
Let your eyes never sparkle with tears.
Today is a sad day
We will remember the dead
To all victims of the Holocaust,
Frozen in hearts forever.
Let's pray quietly
We ask for forgiveness
For each and everyone,
We won't ask their names.
Let us remember the victims of the Holocaust today,
And the pain will squeeze the heart in a vice,
Today is the day of universal sorrow,
Great grief and melancholy.
Let the memory of the event not be erased,
And let the world pay its tribute,
May there always be peace and understanding
They dominate everywhere here.
The cruelty of those crazy years
It's not easy for us to remember.
Let's remember everything today, friends,
We are the unfortunate victims of the Holocaust.
Let the world not forget
Innocent people are suffering.
Let understanding come
Both in our lives and in our consciousness.
Holocaust victims today
We remember, yes, it’s not easy
Overestimate this pain
We are lucky to live in peace
Now we can everywhere
Let it not be known again
Nowhere is there a story like this
Let everyone be happy
Nationality and faith
And let such examples
We won't all meet anywhere,
No, such trouble will not happen!
Today is a tragic day for many.
History has cast its shadow here.
About what happened during the war,
On Memorial Day, we must all remember.
How the Germans, the Nazis, gathered people,
They chose Jews and Poles,
They led them to be shot, to be burned,
Because they lived on their territory.
Reprisals were also carried out against those
Those who were captured or over the hopelessly ill.
And only because they decided to dominate
Make your own in this whole world.
It’s hard for all of us to remember those times
Especially those who have a wife,
Both children and brothers died in those concentration camps.
The relatives of prisoners of war erected a memorial to them in Terezin.
