Auschwitz-dag
27. januar er Auschwitz-dag. Det er dagen, hvor ofrene mindes. Fra Holocaust, fra Rwanda, fra Bosnien, fra Cambodja, og fra de andre, alt for mange forbrydelser mod menneskeheden. Dagen markeres verden over – også i Danmark.
I København finder markeringen sted i Tivolis Glassal med oplæg ved forfatter Steve Sem-Sandberg, historiker David Silberklang, journalist Mette Holm og forsker Thomas Brudholm samt musikalske indslag ved Københavns Drengekor
FN's generalsekretær, Ban Ki-moon udtaler i anledning af dagen:
One and a half million Jewish children perished in the Holocaust
- victims of persecution by the Nazis and their
supporters.
Tens of thousands of other children were also murdered.
They included people with disabilities… as well as Roma and
Sinti.
All were victims of a hate-filled ideology that labelled them
"inferior".
This year's International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the
Victims of the Holocaust is dedicated to the children - girls and
boys who faced sheer terror and evil.
Many were orphaned by the war, or ripped away from their
families. Many died of starvation, disease or at the hands of their
abusers. We will never know what these children might have
contributed to our world.
And among the survivors, many were too shattered to tell their
stories. Today, we seek to give voice to those accounts. That
is why the United Nations continues to teach the universal lessons
of the Holocaust.
It is why we strive to promote children's rights and aspirations
- every day and everywhere.
And it is why we will continue to be inspired by the shining
example of great humanitarians such as Raoul Wallenberg, in this,
the centennial year of his birth.
Today, as we remember all those lost during the Holocaust -
young and old alike -- I call on all nations to protect the most
vulnerable, regardless of race, colour, gender or religious
beliefs.
Children are uniquely vulnerable to the worst of
humankind. We must show them the best this world has to
offer.
Thank you.
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