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    Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/01/27/today-is-the-international-day-of-commemoration-of-holocaust-victims/
    14:41 27.01.2014

    Holocaust, UN

    January 27 is the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the
    Victims of the Holocaust. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has issued
    a message on this occasion:

    `Every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz
    concentration camp, we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. We
    recall the suffering of millions of innocent people, and highlight the
    perils of anti-Semitism and hatred of any kind.

    This year we focus on journeys through the Holocaust - and I recall a
    recent journey of my own.

    Last November, I walked through the infamous `arbeit macht frei' gate
    at Auschwitz-Birkenau. I will never forget my visit.

    I saw the horrific remnants of the machinery of genocide, as well as
    moving images of European Jewish life in the 1930s - weddings, family
    meals, rituals, other scenes of simple daily life - all extinguished
    through systematic murder unique in human history.

    I saw the barracks where Jews, Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, dissidents,
    prisoners of war and persons with disabilities spent their final days
    in the most brutal conditions.

    The United Nations was founded to prevent any such horror from
    happening again. Yet tragedies from Cambodia to Rwanda to Srebrenica
    show that the poison of genocide still flows.

    We must be ever vigilant against bigotry, extremist ideologies,
    communal tensions and discrimination against minorities. And we must
    teach our children well. The Holocaust and the United Nations
    Outreach Programme has developed effective educational materials and
    strong partnerships that help convey these lessons to students around
    the world.

    Standing near the crematorium at Auschwitz, I felt deeply saddened by
    all that had happened within. But I was also inspired by all those
    who liberated the death camps for all humanity. Let us join forces
    today on a shared journey to a world of equality and dignity for all.'



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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