International Holocaust remembrance day
January 27, 2021
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Due to COVID-19 many of the commemoration events held around the globe are available virtually. Below, many of the events have been embedded into this website. Further down on the page you’ll find additional links to events that could not be embedded. Additional resources related to International Holocaust Remembrance Day can be found on Yad Vashem’s website.
Online Event Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day27/01/2021 - 5:00 AM EST
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies International Holocaust Remembrance Day event.
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris hosts the “Lest We Forget” photo exhibition by German-Italian photographer Luigi Toscano for IHRD 2021.
A reading of Jewish Children’s diaries from the Holocaust, featuring Mayim Bialik.
The Essential Link - The Story of Wilfrid Israel from Yonatan Nir on Vimeo. The film is available January 27 - Feb 3rd. Viewers are also invited to participate in a webinar discussion with the filmmaker, Yonatan Nir on February 3, 202 at 7:30 - 9:30 PM EST. Pre-registration required.
Additional links for Virtual Events
Online, no specific date. Children’s Homes for Holocaust Survivors, an online exhibit.
Wednesday, January 27th - All Day. Virtual Tour of Block 27 at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Pre-registration required. You’ll be sent a link to view the virtual tour of the most visited exhibit at Auschwitz.
Through A Lens: First Footage of the Holocaust. Requires creating an account to access the content. You can still access this lecture after the original live presentation.
Wednesday, January 27th - 6:00 PM EST. Under Siege Again? Holocaust Distortion and the Rise of Hate Crimes Against Jews. A recording of the event will be found here within a week or so after the original airing.
Wednesday, January 27th - 7pm EST. Online Panel. Impudent Jews: Forgotten Individual Jewish Resistance in Nazi Germany. Visit the Facebook Page to find a recording after the fact.
Wednesday, January 27th - 10 - 11 PM EST. Holocaust Remembrance Day with Alex Buckman, Holocaust Survivor. Pre-registration required.
Thursday, January 28th, 2:30 PM EST. Film & Q&A. My Name Is Sara. The film will be available from January 25 to 28 to stream for $12. On the 28th, there will be a free online discussion with members of the cast. The film is about a 13-year old girl named Sara who escapes a Jewish ghetto in Poland and loses her family early in the Holocaust. She spends the remainder of the war hiding in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian in the Ukrainian countryside.
Sunday, January 31st, 1:00 PM EST. Special Lecture: Jewish Children During the Holocaust. Pre-registration required.
Online Film Screening: I Only Wanted To Live. Requires pre-registration. Available for private viewing from the evening of January 27th to January 31st. A film about the Holocaust experiences of Italians, including the racial laws enacted by Mussolini in 1938 through to the liberation of Auschwitz. The film includes 9 survivors of Auschwitz who were from Italy.
Berlin Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Auschwitz was liberated on January 27, 1945 by the Soviet army. Of the 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945, 1.1 million were murdered, including 960,000 Jewish men, women and children. In total, 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, including 1.5 million Jewish children. An additional 5 million people of other persecuted groups, including the Roma & Sinti, Homosexuals, disabled, Poles, and Soviet POWs were murdered by the Nazi regime.
Lone cattle car on the tracks inside Auschwitz.
Shoes belonging to those murdered at Auschwitz.