International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed on January 27. Commemorating the victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism while further developing education to help prevent future genocides. The day remembers the deliberate and organized persecution and murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime (1). 

Resources to help education, donate and remember 

• Hear survivor stories. Watch the First Person series by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on YouTube. Watch now. 

• Visit a Holocaust Museum. Find a Museum near you or go on a virtual tour at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 

• Donate to a Jewish organization to help support Holocaust educational initiatives and Holocaust survivors. 

  US Holocaust Memorial Museum 

  Jewish Federations of Noth America Holocaust Survivor Initiative 

  Your local Jewish Federations 

  Your local Jewish Human Service Agencies 

• Volunteer with Holocaust survivors in your community. Check out Jewish Human Service Agencies and Jewish Federations for volunteering opportunities near you. 

• Read Holocaust survivor stories during the Nazi regime.  

  Diary of Anne Frank 

  Night by Elie Wiesel 

Sources: 

1. “The Holocaust”, The National WWII Museum, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/holocaust