Posted on 01/27/2016 10:17:40 AM PST by beaversmom
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, held to remember the six million Jews brutally killed during World War 2.
Hitler's genocide, also known as Shoah in Hebrew, was carried out between 1941 and 1945 as war raged across Europe.
Events will take place across the world today to mark the memorial day, which also commemorates subsequent genocides around the world including Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur.
But why is it held on January 27?
We look at the story behind one of the most appalling periods in human history.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
11-15 million people were murdered in the Holocaust. It is an error to forget the non-Jews killed, especially since so many were killed at Auschwitz.
Don’t really know. The Soviet Army units rolled into Auschwitz on the 26th.
I agree. I remember the others killed in the camps as well as the other many millions killed in the war itself. What a time that was! So much darkness and so much waste, and the human race still moved forward and carried on. Many wonderful, strong people.
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