Students of Hanoi Experimental High School perform a candle-lighting ceremony to commemorate the Holocaust victims, a Jewish tradition preserved around the world. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Peace Committee, the UnitedNations, the Embassy of Israel, and the German Embassy in Vietnam jointly helda ceremony in Hanoi on March 29 to commemorate Holocaust victims with the message “Never forget andlearn the lesson of peace.”
Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Peace CommitteeTran Dac Loi said that human history went through very dark pages with terribledisasters caused by human-being. One of those dark pages was the genocide of European Jews committed by Nazi Germany which resulted in the murder of morethan 6 million Jews in the world.
The United Nations designated January 27 as the International HolocaustRemembrance Day because on January 27, 1945, Nazi’s Auschwitz concentrationcamp was liberated by the Red Army, he said.
By remembering horrifying memories of the past,people are more and more aware of the importance of peaceful coexistence amongpeoples, and of the need to prevent a recurrence of such disasters, Loi stressed.
“The Vietnamese people understand and sympathise with thesufferings of the Jewish victims, and at the same time deeply appreciate thevalue of peace and friendly relations with the peoples around the world,” hesaid, adding that Vietnam joins hands in building a peaceful world, a humane andcivilised society in which all people, all ethnicities, religions, andcountries are equal, respect each other, all disputes and conflicts are settledbased on peace.
Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Yaron Mayer called on everyone to show a high sense of responsibility to ensure that a similar disaster will neverhappen again.
Betty Eppel (left), a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust disaster, tells her story. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) At the ceremony, six students of Hanoi Experimental High Schoolperformed a candle-lighting ceremony to commemorate the Holocaust victims, a Jewishtradition preserved around the world.
Participants in the ceremony had an opportunity to listen to a story of 88-year-old Betty Eppel, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust disaster./.
