‘Maintain our common humanity’: The United Nations marks 80 years since the liberation camps were liberated
More than 15 months from Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack in Israel, António Guterres The United Nations will continue to fulfill its maximum to ensure it leads to the release of all the hostages – since the beginning, we have asked for unconditional and immediate release of socks. Both hostages – and a permanent ceasefire in Gaza”.
Every year on the day when the concentration camps were liberated in 1945, the world was unified to honor the memories of the six million Jews who died under the hands of Nazi and their collaborators, a memory. Also expanded to the Roma and Sindi community, everyone with disabilities, individuals LGBTIQ+ and all others with violence, torture and genocide system have the system of Nazi regime.
The lesson is never forgotten
With the presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the General Hall, the Secretary General emphasized the need to remember and emphasize that Holocaust lessons never be forgotten.
This year’s celebration marks an important milestone: 80 years since the end of Holocaust and 80 years of effort to preserve the memories of the victims.
Under the courage of the survivors in sharing their stories to ensure that the terror of Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps was never erased from history, Mr. Guterres added that responsibility. Make sure this history is never forgotten to everyone of us. ScopeRemembering is not just a moral act – Remembering is an action callHe said.
Hatred
As part of the United Nations’s continuous efforts to resist the hateful words, the memories emphasize the importance of educating future generations of brutality caused in Holocaust.
Highlight the words of the writer who welcomed Primo Levi – a survivor of Auschwitz, who urged humanity to engrave knowledge into our hearts – Mr. Guterres calling on people “Speaking up against hatred, stand up for the human rights of everyone, and turn those rights into reality”.
Protect human rights
The UN is committed Global Human Rights DeclarationFounded after Holocaust. In 1948, countries around the world united to confirm the inherent price and equality of everyone, a direct response to the horror of Nazi ideology.
Reminds that this document is a pure manifestation of our shared humanity, the head of the United Nations said that, during the dark period, it was still a lighting light.
Today, our world is broken and dangerous, Mr. Guterres has warned again –80 years since Holocaust ended, anti -opposition remains to us – motivated by similar lies and disgust that the German genocide of the Nazis can occur. And it is increasing. “
The efforts to fight the wave of refusal, discrimination and hate Holocaust are also the focus of the United Nations, recently launched an action plan for oppositionism to strengthen educational efforts, Promote the truth and resist efforts to distort historical events.
Calling the widespread condemnation of anti -oppositionism, whenever and whenever it appears, Mr. Guterres said that promoting education, against lies and telling the truth is the key – And in the days of division, all must maintain our common humanity.
ScopeWe will never forget. And we will never fluctuate in that warThe head of the United Nations concluded, leaving the podium for the survivors there to share their memories.
Pray for peace
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said to the celebration that it was time to admit our challenge of the right to existence not diplomacy, which is simple opposition.
He said 80 years later Holocaust, he stood at the General Assembly with deep beliefs and hope. Our country has risen from the fire of the cremation house not to live forever with the sword, but to build, repair, to add light, to heal.
He added that he hoped that peace agreements could be achieved between Israel and neighboring countries across the region, with all peoples in the Middle East, Israel people, Palestinians and all others, Live peaceful next to.
On this historic day, we must commit to join hands to defeat the darkness and hatred and work together to ensure building a common future. This is an oath we have to share. All of us. The family of nations – that what happened once will never happen again.
Roma survivors
Dumitru Miclescu, Roma Survivor of the Holocaust, flew from Budapest to attend the ceremony at the Congress hall on Monday.
Dumitru Miclescu refers to the Holocaust memorial for human dignity and ritual to comply with the international celebration to commemorate Holocaust’s victims.
Supported by my niece Izabela Tiberiade, he told his story: I am not only here, but also for all Romans to endure in Holocaust and have no chance to listen.
A survivor of terrorist farms in Transnistria, he was forced to enter the train and deported when he was just an eight -year -old boy in Romania, along with his family.
Building a world without racism
ScopeI will never forget those moments when we are focused on trains. Many people died on board before we arrived. Those who come to the concentration camps even suffer more: forced labor, hunger, disease and terrorist continuously. Death is a daily presence, he said.
Acknowledging the lack of support for some Roma to survive and return home, Mr. Miclescu said that in the United Nations is an important step to recognize history, but there are still many things to do.
Allow me to tell all the young people my story: I ask you to learn about your history. I hope you will build a world without racismHe concluded.
Never forget
Marianne Muller, who was just a baby in Holocaust, also brought the podium to share the story of her family. Accompanying her four children and grandchildren, she said: They are my personal answer to Hitler.
Emphasizing that anti -opposition is growing worldwide, Muller calls for the world to remember that Holocaust and its horror happened only 80 years ago.
Marianne Muller resolves the Holocaust commemoration for human rights and rituals in adhering to the international celebration to commemorate Holocaust victims.
‘Don’t be neutral with human suffering’
At a ceremony in Geneva, the survivor of the Nazi German Death Camp Ivan Lefkovits shared evidence of suffering about his experience on Monday to mark the Holocaust Memorial Day, with a timeless message. For current generations and future:Do not be neutral, especially not for human suffering.“
Recalling the murder of his father and brother, both the victims of Hitler’s mission were to wipe out the Jews, Mr. Lefkovits, 88, note that many European countries have registered in the opinion of the leader. Nazi Germany.
Mr. Lefkovits was seven years old when he was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp in November 1944; He spent the last months of the battle at Bergen-Belsen, where he almost died of hunger and thirst.
Today, he urged young generations to study history not necessarily learn, but to understand why Holocaust happened.
