"The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides."
As the day approaches you may be interested in doing some reading. So to get you started, here are a few new books on the Holocaust. One can find many more in LINKcat under the subject "Holocaust, Jewish 1939-1945" and other related subjects.
- Always Remember Your Name: A True Story of Family and Survival in Auschwitz by Andra Bucci
- Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends by Linda Kinstler
- The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope by Tova Friedman [ebook]
- The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
- Escape from the Ghetto: A Story of Survival and Resilience in World War II by John Carr
- Lily's Promise: Holding on to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond - a Story for All Generations by Lily Ebert
- Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-scale Revenge by Dina Porat
- Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II by Mala Kacenberg
- The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz by Magda Hellinger [ebook]
- The School That Escaped from the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler by Deborah Cadbury
- Shmuel's Bridge: Following the Tracks to Auschwitz With My Survivor Father by Jason Sommer
- Storm in the Land of Rain: A Mother's Dying Wish Becomes Her Daughter's Nightmare Foti, Silvia