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Day Of Remembrance (other)
Day of Remembrance may refer to the following: *International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January), an international memorial day that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust *Day of Remembrance (31 January), a commemorative day observed by NASA commemorating the loss of those in the Columbia, Challenger, and Apollo 1 incidents *Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans) (19 February), day commemorating the Japanese American internment during World War II *Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (24 March), a commemorative day observed by Argentina *Remembrance of the Dead (4 May), a commemorative day observed in the Netherlands commemorating the war victims of conflicts since World War II *National Day of Remembrance (Cambodia) (20 May), a commemorative day observed in Cambodia *National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Citizens of the Polish Republic committed by Ukrainian Nationalists (11 July) *Day of Remembrance (Turkmenistan) (6 October), day commemora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities between 1933 and 1945 by Nazi Germany, an attempt to implement their "final solution" to the Jewish question. 27 January was chosen to commemorate the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. The day remembers the killing of six million Jews, two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population, and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. The resolution came after a special session was held earlier that year on 24 January to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the end of the Holoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
