Why was the 27th January chosen as Holocaust Memorial Day?
• That day, 27th January, is the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland). This camp of death symbolises for many of the horrors of the Holocaust. • Following the Stockholm Forum on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research in 2000 this day was chosen by the Governments of a number of other European countries to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, including Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Denmark and Estonia. • The 27th January is therefore the European Day against Genocide.
