In 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a United Nations resolution designated 27 January as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The word ‘Holocaust’ is of Greek origin and means ‘sacrifice by fire’. It is used to describe the persecution and subsequent mass murder of 6 million Jews in Europe at the hands of the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Between 1933 and 1945, other groups were also targeted by the Nazi regime and its allies, including Roma people, disabled people, Slavic people, as well as homosexuals, and members of certain religious and political groups.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day

27 January was designated in 2005 by the United Nations as an International memorial day commemorating the victims of the genocide committed by the Nazi regime and it's collaborators.

On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau the largest Nazi death camp was liberated by Soviet troops.

Holocaust remembrance day (2014-2020)

The&nbsp;International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust&nbsp;on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Holocaust Commemoration

Holocaust Remembrance Day/Plenary session. Holocaust survivor Irene Shasharaddresses Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola opens the solemn ceremony with an introductory speech (Thursday at 11:30).

International Holocaust remembrance day/Plenary session

EP Plenary session - International Holocaust remembrance day - Leaders of political groups

EP Plenary session - International Holocaust remembrance day

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Irene SHASHAR, survivor of the Warsaw ghetto

International Holocaust Remembrance Day WeRemember banner outside the EP headquarters in Brussels

Conference ' Holocaust education - Remembering the past, teaching the future! '

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Commissioner Margaritis Schinas meets with Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel

Inauguration of the Holocaust Memorial

Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel meets with EP Vice Presidents

EP Plenary session - International Holocaust Remembrance Day.Formal Address by Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel

Joint Press Point with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel

International Holocaust Remembrance Day  WeRemember banner outside the EP headquarters in Brussels

European Centre of deported resistance members - Former Natzweiler concentration camp - Struthof.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Auschwitz, Poland - Participation in the Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Auschwitz, Poland - Participation in the Memorial Ceremony & Candle-Lighting

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Auschwitz, Poland - Visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the State of Israel : - Visit to Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Clip produced to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January).

Clip: International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 - "Une vie"

Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar addresses the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola is present and delivers an introductory speech. After the ceremony, EP President and group leaders meet with Irene Shashar.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Roberta METSOLA, EP President and EP Group Leaders meet with Irene SHASHAR, Holocaust survivor: family photo

Sheva Tehoval, soprano and Marcelo Nisinman bandoneon player play a rendition of The Kaddish by Maurice Ravel. The Kaddish is a hymn that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The term Kaddish is often used to refer specifically to "The Mourner's Kaddish," which is chanted as part of the mourning rituals in Judaism in all prayer services, as well as at funerals and memorials. Along with the Shema Yisrael and the Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central elements in the Jewish liturgy.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "The Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel - Sheva Tehoval, soprano and Marcelo Nisinman bandoneon player

Irene Shashar addresses MEPs on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day during a solemn ceremony in the Hemicycle. Irene Shashar, born on 12 December 1937 as Ruth Lewkowicz, survived the Warsaw ghetto. After her father was killed by the Nazis she escaped the ghetto with her mother through the sewers to another part of Warsaw where she was a “hidden child” for the rest of war. She and her mother then moved to Paris. After her mother’s death, she moved to Peru where she was adopted by relatives. After studying in the US, she moved to Israel at the age 25 and became the youngest faculty member to hold a post at the Hebrew University. Today she lives in Modiin, Israel.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: keynote speech by Irene Shashar, Warsaw Ghetto survivor

Parliament organizes a special plenary session in Brussels on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, 79 years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. After President Metsola's speech, a musical interlude by the bandoneon player Mr. Marcelo Nisinman takes place in the plenary session.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: musical interlude by Marcelo Nisinman, bandoneon player

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, opens the solemn ceremony with an introductory speech in the hemicycle. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: opening of the ceremony, video clip and introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar addresses the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola is present and delivers an introductory speech. Prior to the ceremony, the President meets with Irene SHASHARAS, Holocaust survivor. Extracts from the meeting and from the speech in the hemicycle.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Irene SHASHAR, Holocaust survivor, extracts from the ceremony

Holocaust Remembrance Day - Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau - Birkenau drones and ground views

Infoclip: Holocaust Remembrance Day - Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau - Birkenau drones and ground views

Infoclip: Holocaust Remembrance Day - Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau - Auschwitz drones and ground views

During her official visit to Spain, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ander GIL, President of the Spanish Senate. Later, she participates to the ceremony of the Senate marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Extracts.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Spain: meeting with Ander GIL, President of the Spanish Senate, extracts from the ceremony of the Senate marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Holocaust Memorial is inaugurated in the Yehudi Menuhin area in the European Parliament, in Brussels. This is the testimony of Mr Alberto Israël, Holocaust survivor.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Testimony by Mr Alberto Israël, Holocaust survivor

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Holocaust Memorial is inaugurated in the Yehudi Menuhin area in the European Parliament, in Brussels. Extracts from the Inauguration of the memorial with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel, and of the reception with the testimony of Mr Alberto ISRAEL, Holocaust survivor.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: inauguration of the Holocaust Memorial - extracts

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog address MEPs during the plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola opens the solemn sitting and after the ceremony, Presidents Metsola and Herzog inaugurate the Holocaust Memorial in front of Parliament’s plenary chamber. The transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please chack against delivery.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: introductory speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is organised in the European Parliament, with the presence of Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel. Roberta Metsola, EP President, open the solemn sitting with an introductory speech. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: atmosphere shots of the arrivals in the Chamber and opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is organised in the European Parliament, with the presence of Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel. Minute of silence and Performance by Chen Halevi, clarinet and Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom, "Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Minute of silence and Performance by Chen Halevi, clarinet and Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom, "Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog address MEPs during the plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola opens the solemn sitting and after the ceremony, Presidents Metsola and Herzog inaugurate the Holocaust Memorial in front of Parliament’s plenary chamber.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Formal Address by Isaac Herzog, President of Israel

Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel is invited to give an address to the plenary on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the EP in Brussels. Extracts from the address of Isaac HERZOG, opening speech of Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and ambiance shots of the ceremony. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: extracts from the address by Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel and ambiance shots of the ceremony

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is organised in the European Parliament, with the presence of Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel. Musical interlude by Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom "Lament music by the king of gipsies: 36. Laci Rácz". The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

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