An overview of the event (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The embassies of Israel andDenmark in Vietnam as well as the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education onFebruary 20 jointly held the Holocaust Remembrance Day - a day to commemoratethe Jewish victims of the Holocaust tragedy during the World War II.
The event, held in the city for the first time, was a chancefor Vietnamese people and locals in the city in particular to show sympathiesto Holocaust victims and survivors.
Participants at the event, many of them local students,watched a Denmark film based on the real story of a Jewish family in Denmark ontheir way to escape the German fascism.
Israeli Ambassador Nadav Eshar said that the event aims to honourmillions of Jews victimized by the brutal crime just because of theirdifference.
Israel hopes to spread a message that as crimeshappen, peoplemust join hands to fight them, he said.
Meanwhile, Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Coordinator inVietnam, said that the Holocaust andthe United Nations Outreach Programme, which has reached dozens of countries,will be further expanded as part of efforts against the spread of violence.
He stressed thesignificance of historical education which helps younger generations to improvetheir awareness of building a society with equality.
The UnitedNations designates 27 January - the anniversary of the liberation of theAuschwitz death camp - as an annual InternationalDay of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.-VNA
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