Emory Graduate Student Government Association

The world commemorates January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Stations General Assembly on November 1, 2005. The idea for this day came after the commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust and the liberation of N**i concentration camps. This day was also chose because January 27th in 1945 was the day when the Soviet troops from the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest concentration camp operated by the N**is.

The resolution that was passed 60/7 encourages all member states of the UN to remember the victims of the Holocaust and establish educational programs about the Holocaust's history, teach people about the devastating loss and atrocities that happened during this period, and to prevent future acts of genocide.