This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024, shows a flower on the wall of an Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstrasse in Frankfurt, Germany. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
Jan. 27 marks the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Many European citizens went to historic sites to remember the Holocaust victims on Saturday.
In 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution designating Jan. 27 as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the day when the Auschwitz death camp was liberated in 1945.
A man looks at the wall of an Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstrasse in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
The walls of Old Jewish Cemeteries in Frankfurt, Germany, contain small steel blocks recording the names of Frankfurt's Jews deported and murdered between 1933 and 1945.
This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024, shows a flower on the wall of an Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstrasse in Frankfurt, Germany. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)
In a solemn ceremony held Friday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres honored the memory of the Holocaust victims, emphasizing the urgent need to combat antisemitism and all forms of bigotry.
Tourists walk past "stumbling stones," which are small brass plaques engraved with names of Jews killed by the Nazis, at an alley in Rome, Italy, Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
The international day serves as a poignant reminder of the atrocities of the Holocaust, a period marked by the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews, along with the persecution and murder of countless others.
Italian national flag flies at half-mast on the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument in Rome, Italy, Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
The date, chosen for its significance as the day Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the courage of those who survived.
A dog sniffs the bouquets laid in memory of the Holocaust victims in Rome, Italy, Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
People visit the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary on Jan. 26, 2024, a day ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
People visit the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary on Jan. 26, 2024, a day ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)■
