International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities between 1933 and 1945 by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. January 27th was chosen to commemorate the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated in 1945. Want to know more? Below are just some of the resources available to you from Arapahoe Libraries.
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.”
-Elie Wiesel in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Dec. 10, 1986.
NOTE: Rocky Mountain PBS (RMPBS) will begin re-airing the three-part series The U.S. and the Holocaust starting January 6th, 2023. Part Two will air on January 13th (8pm RMPBS) and Part Three will air on January 20th (8pm RMPBS).
Ponary diary, 1941-1943 : a bystander's account of a mass murder / Kazimierz Sakowicz
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