International Day Of Remembrance In Memory Of The Victims Of The Holocaust Institutional Event

MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 26: Shoah survivor Irene Shashar (c) lights a candle at the institutional ceremony in commemoration of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in the Patio de Cristales of the Plaza de la Villa, January 26, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. Each year, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its commitment to combat anti-Semitism, racism and all other forms of intolerance that may lead to acts of violence against certain groups of people. January 27 commemorates the liberation in 1945 by Soviet troops of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This date was officially proclaimed International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust in November 2005. (Photo By Jesus Hellin/Europa Press via Getty Images)