UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hamilton, NZ, 27th January 2022
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2022
- Commemorations for International Holocaust Remembrance Day took place across Aotearoa New Zealand in honour and remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust and marking the 77th-anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by the Soviet Army in 1945. The theme for this year’s commemorative events was resistance.
HCNZ and all who took part in the commemorations recommitted themselves to fighting Holocaust distortion and denial, racism, antisemitism, discrimination, and apathy.
Venue: Waikato Museum
MC: Kristopher Clancy, HCNZ Education Director
Ceremony features
Her Worship Mayor Paula Southgate
USA Consul Sarah Nelson
Rachel O’Connor, Lead Advisor to Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon Ethan Jerome-Leota, UNESCO Aotearoa Youth Leader
Memorial Candle lighting
Special videos
Prayers recited by Sami Cohen
HCNZ thanks all who participated and attended this, and all commemorations around Aotearoa New Zealand.
#WeRemember #HolocaustRemembrance #HolocaustEducation #Resistance #RighteousAmongTheNations #UpstandersNotBystanders #NeverForget #NeverAgain
More info on national commemorations
www.holocaustcentre.org.nz/commemorations
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