The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) held a remembrance ceremony in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in World War II at Rotunda of Vienna International Center on Friday.
The event was one of many in Europe for the third annual Jan. 27 Holocaust Commemoration Day, the same day the Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops. The commemoration day was created by the United Nations General Assembly.
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, will address the European Parliament in Brussels Monday as it commemorates the Holocaust.
At the even in Vienna, the Vienna Jewish Choir performed in front of more than 100 official delegates from Israel, the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Hungary and other countries.
More than 1,600 people, including genocide survivors, are attending a special service at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in England.
The Czech Senate, president and prime minister marked the Holocaust with ceremonies on Friday.
At the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecm , former prisoners gathered among dignitaries Sunday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the camp’s liberation.
“Let remembrance of this serve as a shield that will protect us and generations to come against resentment, hate, aggression, racism and anti-Semitism,” said Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, a representative of Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
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