Posted on 01/27/2023 7:47:53 AM PST by Red Badger
(Last Updated On: January 25, 2023)
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Holocaust Remembrance Day – Each year on January 27th, the world remembers one of the most horrific events in modern history. This tragic event is known as the Holocaust. The holocaust occurred during WWII when Nazi Germany killed millions of innocent victims. The day is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
Nazi Germany is one of the evilest regimes that ever existed. They persecuted and killed millions of people in just under four years. One group in particular that suffered were those of the Jewish faith. It is believed that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The Nazis’ persecution of the Jews became a genocide.
Genocide occurs when those of a particular ethnic group is deliberately killed. However, the Nazis killed more than just Jews. Hundreds of thousands of other groups of people died under the evil regime. These included:
7 million Soviet civilians
3 million Soviet prisoners of war
1.8 million Polish civilians
312,000 Serb civilians
Up to 250,000 people with disabilities
Up to 250,000 Gypsies
Around 1,900 Jehovah Witnesses
Possibly thousands of homosexuals
Most Jews died in concentration camps. The most notorious concentration camp is Auschwitz, where approximately one million Jews died. While some of the Jews in the concentration camps died from disease or starvation, others died in the gas chambers. Other groups of people were forced to live in ghettos where they died of sickness or starvation. Still, others were rounded up, shot, and buried in mass graves.
Many famous books and movies have been produced about the holocaust. One of the most famous books is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. The book is a real-life account of the two years that Anne Frank and her Dutch family hid from the Nazis. The family was discovered and deported to a concentration camp. Anne was 15 years old when she died in the camp from typhus. Other books include The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, and Born Survivors by Wendy Holden. Movies include Schindler’s List, The Reader, Denial, and The Devil’s Arithmetic.
There are many other works, such as theater productions, music, and poetry. Many of the works were created by victims and survivors of the holocaust. Other works commemorate the many heroes who helped save thousands of Jews and other victims from certain death.
HOW TO OBSERVE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Many events are held throughout the world to commemorate this solemn day. The United Nations hosts a Holocaust memorial ceremony. The ceremony includes testimonies by Holocaust survivors, special music, and memorial prayers. There are also photographic exhibits, panel discussions, film screenings, and book signings. Sadly, there are some that try to deny the holocaust ever happened. This is one more reason to take part in this day. If the holocaust is forgotten or denied, it will be easier for history to repeat itself. Share this day on social media with #HolocaustRemembranceDay or #NeverForget.
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY HISTORY
On January 24, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. Later that year on November 1, the UN General Assembly designated January 27th as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. It is also referred to as Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was on January 27th in 1945 that Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Life is Beautiful
is one of my favorite Movies.
When I was stationed in Germany (77-81), I visited Dachau and Flossenburg twice each. What I remember about Dachau was the sense of evil that permeated every square foot of that place.
Th3 demonic evil that drove tHe guards there probably still lingers in the place somehow. I don’t beleive in ghosts and haunted places, but I do beleive that people are so etimes demonically possessed, and that perhaps demons stick around places of evil long after the possessed people are gone. Perhaps in hopes of posses8ng new recruits, and to deceive others.
I remember.
Also, how can we forget?
We aren’t at Hitler’s Germany level, but AMERICA is experiencing’socialism’ at many levels from this administration!
Recommend a couple books….Night by Elie Wiesel…and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom…….both authors spent time in concentration camps……Corrie at Ravensbruck, and Wiesel at Auschwitz.
I may never go to DC again, but there is an excellent and poignant Holocaust Museum there
My husband visited Dachau
Agree!
Although Jews are said to be the largest group murdered by the Nazis, Russian civilians had it just as bad or worse. Not only were the Germans pushing eastward killing everyone in their path, but they were already being murdered in the millions by their own government under Stalin.
Back in 1978 there was a TV documentary about the Holocaust.
There was a scene of German soldiers running up the stairs in an apartment building rounding people up.
At the time I wondered why the people didn’t just shoot back since they were going to their deaths anyway.
Later in life I learned Europe has gun control.
Ilhan Omar’s most hated day of the year.
1 שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְהֹוָה׃
Shir hamma'alot mimma'amakkim keraticha Adonai. A song of ascents. Out of the depths I call You, God.
2 אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי׃ Adonai shim'ah vekoli tihyenah azeneicha kashuvot lekol tachanunai. O God, listen to my cry; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
3 אִם־עֲוׂנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד׃ Im-avonot tishmar-yah Adonai mi ya'amod. If You keep account of sins, God, who will survive?
4 כִּי־עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא׃ Ki-immecha hasselichah lema'an tivvarei. Yours is the power to forgive so that You may be held in awe.
5 קִוִּיתִי יְהֹוָה קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי׃ Kivviti Adonai kivvetah nafshi velidvaro hochaleti. I look to God; I look to Him; I await His word.
6 נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר׃ Nafshi L’Adonai mishomerim laboker shomerim laboker. I am more eager for God than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.
7 יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהֹוָה כִּי־עִם־יְהֹוָה הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת׃ Yachel yisra'el el-Adonai ki-im-Adonai hachesed veharbeh immo fedut. O Israel, wait for God; for with God is steadfast love and great power to redeem.
8 וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲוׂנֹתָיו׃ Vehu yifdeh et-yisra'el mikkol avnotav. It is He who will redeem Israel from all their iniquities.
(Correct me if I’wrong)
‘Bless be the Lord who shields us from what is to come’……I think it is a Jewish prayer
Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
I am sure there were lots of prayers to God as they were led to the gas chambers. One German official when looking into a gas chamber heard them crying out and he said "It sounds like a synagogue in there"
January 27, 1945 was the day the Russians liberated Auschwitz.
The Holocaust itself began the moment Adolf Hitler opened his mouth and the German people shut theirs.
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