International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD). Since 2005, every year the UN and its member states have commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and it also honors 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism. In this UNESCO plays a major role in paying tributes to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and insists on its firm commitment to counter racism, antisemitism, and other forms of intolerance leading to group targeted violence. This article will help you to know a detailed explanation of International Holocaust Remembrance Day History, International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023 Theme, International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023 Significance, International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023 quotes, and some important FAQs related to International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023. To learn about other National and international days in January, please click the link below.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024

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• International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 is observed every year on the 27th January.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day History

The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 60/7 on November 1, 2005, to designate January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD). On January 27, 2006, the first commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held at the UN Headquartered in New York City. After that UN Headquarters commemorates this day every year. While UN offices and other state offices across the world conduct their ceremonies.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 Theme

Since 2010, the United Nations has designated specific themes for the annual commemorations of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Where 2010 theme was the Holocaust survivors and the lessons they pass on to future generations. The theme of 2011 was about the experiences of the women.  The theme of 2012 was the Children and the Holocaust, which highlights the mass violence on children. Likewise every year the theme of International Holocaust Remembrance Day varied around the Holocaust.

So, the theme of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 is "Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust"  as published by the United Nations.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 Significance

The main purpose of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is to officially commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime and to widespread the Holocaust education around the world to prevent the acts of Genocide. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day encourages the UN member nations to preserve the Nazis used sites during the Final Solution. This place includes the killing centers, concentration camps, and prisons.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 Quotes

Here we have provided some of the quotes of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

• "For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing." - Simon Wiesenthal

• "For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people. We saw it begin in Germany with Jews, but people from more than twenty other nations were also murdered." - Simon Wiesenthal

• "For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory." - Elie Wiesel

• "To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time." - Elie Wiesel

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024: FAQs

Let us discuss some of the important FAQs of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024.

Q. When is International Holocaust Remembrance Day observed?

A. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed every year on January 27.

Q. What is the theme of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024?

A. International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 theme is "Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust".

Q. Which organization designated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day?

A. International Holocaust Remembrance Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).