HOLOCAUST VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN ZARIFA ALIYEVA SCHOOL

28.01.2010 [12:33]
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Baku, 28 January (AZERTAC). A ceremony in commemoration of Holocaust victims took place at the academician Zarifa Aliyeva school. The event was organized by UN Department of Public Information.

The ceremony participants watched a video message of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Oscar winning movie “Memoires of a survivor”.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which occurs on January 27, is the first universal commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session. On 24 January 2005, during a special session, the UN General Assembly had previously marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the end of the Holocaust which resulted in the annihilation of 6 million European Jews and millions of others by the Nazi German regime.

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HOLOCAUST VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN ZARIFA ALIYEVA SCHOOL

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