Galina Bailin’s daughter was murdered by Hamas in the south on Oct. 7; Alla Lopatin lost her home in the north to Hezbollah attacks.
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Ceremonies are being held around the world on Monday, Jan. 27, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date for the annual commemoration was proclaimed by the United Nations in November 2005, marking the date of liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp by the Soviet army on Jan. 27, 1945. It is now 80 years since the camp’s liberation.
According to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum the purpose of the day is two-fold: “To serve as a date for official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime and to promote Holocaust education throughout the world.”
