27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Post author By Jewish Roots in Győr - Zsidók győri gyökerei Alapítvány, 1137 Budapest Szt. István park 20/a
Post date January 26, 2022

The UN General Assembly declared 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day by a resolution of 1 November 2005. It marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, the largest Nazi extermination camp, in 1945.

Remember and remind!

Győr, January 2022

A sadly worthy place of remembrance and commemoration is the Memorial Column of the Győr Child Victims in the courtyard of the Synagogue © Kristofolettiné, Zsuzsa

A series of pictures of the Memorial Pyramid in the Győr-Sziget cemetery erected in 1947

The Pyramid of Tragedy in the Győr-Sziget cemetery © P. Krausz

At the gate of remembrance: if you enter here, should you abandon all hope? © P. Krausz

Fragment from the memorial book © P. Krausz

Remember and remind!