{"id":173215,"date":"2026-01-27T18:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173215\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"never-again-diplomats-politicians-mark-holocaust-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173215\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNever again\u201d \u2013 diplomats, politicians mark Holocaust Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January<\/strong> 27,<\/strong> Pozirk<\/strong><\/em>.<\/em><\/strong> \u201cNever again something similar must happen,\u201d said the German embassy in Belarus on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that day in 1945, the Red Army entered the Auschwitz concentration camp to discover the unthinkable scale of atrocities committed by the Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMountains of suitcases displayed in the Auschwitz museum tell the story of the countless number of people who died there,\u201d the embassy said in a statement on Facebook. \u201cThese are silent witnesses of suffering and Germans\u2019 guilt, reminding us of more than one million people killed in Auschwitz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, German and Israeli diplomats took part in a commemoration event at the Beit Simcha Progressive Judaism Center in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Michael Kreidler, charge d\u2019affaires of the US diplomatic mission in Belarus, paid tribute to the victims of Minsk Ghetto at the Hearth of the Broken Home memorial in the Belarusian capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian foreign ministry said that more than 800,000 Belarusian Jews were among \u201cmillions of victims of genocide\u201d in Belarus during the Second World War. The Nazis set up about 600 death camps, including more than 70 ghettoes in the country, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Holocaust \u201chas shown forever what can power without borders and responsibility do,\u201d opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in a statement on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemembrance is not only about the past. It is a commitment to prevent hatred in the present and to fight antisemitism every day,\u201d she said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nazis and their allies murdered about 6 million Jews in 1941-1945. The total number of their victims is close to 10 million, taking into account other nationalities and social groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Israel slams appointment of Holocaust denier as head of Belarus' national library<\/h3>\n
June 9, BPN. The Israeli foreign ministry has slammed the recent appointment of Vadzim Hihin as the head of the National Library of Belarus. Spokesman Lior Haiat noted Hihin's "antisemitic statements and the denial of the Holocaust on various occasions …<\/div>\n \n