One Day - Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
‘ You didn’t think about yesterday and tomorrow may not happen, it was only today that you had to cope, and you got through it as best you could’ – Iby Knill, Survivor of the Holocaust The 27 th of January every year is marked as Holocaust Memorial Day. A day where we come together to remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children who were murdered in the Holocaust as well as the victims of Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides. It is a day where we reflect on the lessons of the past and honour the survivors who continue to relive those memories and share their testimonies for us, the next generation. So why do we mark Holocaust Memorial Day? The 27 th of January marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration camp where approximately 1.1 million men, women and children were murdered. We mark this day to remember those who perished at the hands of the Nazis and subsequent genocides that occurred in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
