Mogens Lykketoft, President of the seventieth session of the General Assembly H.E. The ceremony included remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon H. Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony The exhibition will be on view through 9 February 2016. Special guests at the exhibit opening: several Holocaust survivors who appear in the historical photos and Anna Andlauer, exhibition curator. Sponsored by Concentration Camp Memorial Site Flossenbürg, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, and Heimatverein Indersdorf and Lagergemeinschaft Dachau. “Life after Survival” opening of an exhibit on child Holocaust survivors cared for by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration at Kloster Indersdorf, in the American Zone in Germany. Special guest at the exhibit opening: Father Patrick Desbois, President of Yahad-In Unum. The exhibit is organized by the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations. It also underscores the "Holocaust by Bullets" as a precursor and model for mass crimes today. The exhibition "Holocaust by Bullets" presents the results of hundreds of days of fieldwork that enabled Yahad-In Unum to collect evidence of massacres during the Second World War in order to return memory and dignity to Jewish victims. The Holocaust, which resulted in the destruction of nearly two thirds of European Jewry, remains one of the most painful reminders of the international community’s failure to protect them. The theme for the Holocaust remembrance and education activities in 2016, including the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony, is “The Holocaust and Human Dignity”. The theme links Holocaust remembrance with the founding principles of the United Nations and reaffirms faith in the dignity and worth of every person that is highlighted in the United Nations Charter, as well as the right to live free from discrimination and with equal protection under the law that is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Calendar of Events Mon, 25 Jan | Tue, 26 Jan | Wed, 27 Jan | Thu, 28 Jan “The Holocaust and Human Dignity”
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