International Holocaust Remembrance Day : 27 January

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27 January

Question: On which of the following date International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed?
(a) 7 January
(b) 17 January
(c) 27 January
(d) 7 February
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) is observed on 27 January.
  • The objective of the day is to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.
  • A genocide occurred during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.
  • Theme for 2022 is “Memory, Dignity and Justice”.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

Reference: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/holocaustremembranceday