{"id":65746,"date":"2014-01-24T15:59:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T11:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=65746"},"modified":"2014-01-24T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T11:59:39","slug":"the-secretary-generals-message-on-the-international-day-of-commemoration-in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=65746","title":{"rendered":"The Secretary-General\u2019s Message on The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.\u00a0 We recall the suffering of millions of innocent people, and highlight the perils of anti-Semitism and hatred of any kind.<\/p>\n

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This year we focus on journeys through the Holocaust — and I recall a recent journey of my own.<\/p>\n

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Last November, I walked through the infamous \u201carbeit macht frei\u201d gate at Auschwitz-Birkenau.\u00a0 I will never forget my visit.<\/p>\n

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I saw the horrific remnants of the machinery of genocide, as well as moving images of European Jewish life in the 1930s — weddings, family meals, rituals, other scenes of simple daily life — all extinguished through systematic murder unique in human history.<\/p>\n

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I saw the barracks where Jews, Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, dissidents, prisoners of war and persons with disabilities spent their final days in the most brutal conditions.<\/p>\n

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The United Nations was founded to prevent any such horror from happening again. \u00a0Yet tragedies from Cambodia to Rwanda to Srebrenica show that the poison of genocide still flows.<\/p>\n

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We must be ever vigilant against bigotry, extremist ideologies, communal tensions and discrimination against minorities.\u00a0 And we must teach our children well. \u00a0The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme has developed effective educational materials and strong partnerships that help convey these lessons to students around the world.<\/p>\n

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Standing near the crematorium at Auschwitz, I felt deeply saddened by all that had happened within.\u00a0 But I was also inspired by all those who liberated the death camps for all humanity.\u00a0 Let us join forces today on a shared journey to a world of equality and dignity for all.<\/p>\n

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