Holocaust Remembrance Day

Genocide victims' memorial

Holocaust Remembrance Day is an annual observance honoring the six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany during World War II.

In Israel, Yom HaShoah falls in spring according to the Hebrew calendar; the United Nations designates January 27, the anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

Ceremonies typically include candle lighting, survivor testimonies, and moments of silence: Schools held assemblies for Holocaust Remembrance Day.

memorialThing preserving remembrance
candlesWax lights with wicks
survivorsThose still alive after
bearing witnessObserving and later attesting
AuschwitzNazi extermination camp

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Opposites

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Festive event marking occasion

jubilee · joyous occasion · victory celebration · festival · Victory Day

historical stance toward genocide

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Rejecting Nazi genocide evidence

historical revisionism · genocide denial · erasure

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