‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated
27 January 2023
Eighty years ago, the world was confronted with images of unimaginable horror as the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland were opened, revealing the extent of the Holocaust.
Today, the United Nations marks the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust to “uphold the memory of those who suffered, were persecuted, and were murdered during the Holocaust, and to honour the survivors.”
The theme of this year’s commemoration is “Hold fast to our common humanity”, and marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
In a message to mark the Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said: “Today, we reaffirm our commitment to fight all forms of hatred, discrimination, antisemitism, Islamophobia, Christianophobia, racism, xenophobia and intolerance.”
He added: “We must never forget the victims of the Holocaust and we must always be vigilant against those who seek to spread hatred and division.”
The President of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, also issued a statement, saying: “We must never forget the lessons of the Holocaust and we must always strive to build a world where all people can live in peace and dignity.”
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews in concentration and extermination camps across Europe.
The liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27 January 1945 was a major turning point in the war. It revealed to the world the full extent of the horrors that had been taking place in Nazi death camps.
Today, we remember the victims of the Holocaust and we recommit ourselves to fighting all forms of hatred and discrimination. We must never forget the lessons of the past, and we must always strive to build a world where all people can live in peace and dignity.
‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated
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