Every year, UNESCO pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust on the 27th of January to marks the liberation on that day in 1945 of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet troops.
The activities programmed aim to make reference to human dignity and the worth of all people, as well as their right to live free of discrimination and enjoy equal protection under the laws, a right that is set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Holocaust caused the extermination of almost two thirds of Europe’s Jewish population and remains one of the most painful reminders of the international community’s failure to protect the Jewish people.
8pm: Reading of texts and poems by Varda Fiszbein, Member of the Beit Rambam Jewish Community, and poet José Luis Rodríguez Cáceres.
8.30pm: Candle-lighting ceremony in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
Free entry until filled to capacity.
