The Central Jewish Committee of Germany, representing the displaced Jews, today announced that the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, which falls on May 15 this year, has been designated as an annual memorial day for the martyred Jews of Europe.
The announcement, which said that the day would also commemorate the liberation of the survivors, called upon Jews throughout the world to mark the date by appropriate observances. The American Jewish Conference in New York has issued a call upon all Jews throughout the country to observe May 15th with services to memorialize the Jewish dead and to express solidarity with the survivors of European Jewry.
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