 INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY January 27, 2022 |
| The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. We are on the threshold of history when soon there will be no Holocaust survivors left to share their first-hand testimony. The torch is being passed to us, and to future generations, to keep the stories, memories, and lessons of the Holocaust alive and relevant. Vermont Holocaust Memorial asks you to join in remembering the victims of the Holocaust by taking part in a remembrance event listed below, or one of the many others taking place in communities globally. Please share these events with friends, neighbors, and colleagues. |
| International Holocaust Remembrance Day Video-on-demand screening |
 “Petit Rat” (Vera Wagman, 2021, USA, 45 mins., https://www.petitrat.com/) In 1940, a French Jewish girl’s dream of becoming a ballerina is cut short by World War II. She vows that if she has daughters, they will become dancers. Nearly 80 years later, she and her two daughters confront the impact of that pledge. “Petit Rat” is a portrait of three women, bonded by the inter-generational trauma of war and uplifted by the resilience of familial love. This video is available on demand from January 20 at 8pm to January 27 at 8pm. Live Q&A with filmmaker Vera Wagman and her sister Deborah Wagman on Thursday, January 27 at 7:45pm. To register, go to go.middlebury.edu/petitrat/. |
| Bristol, Vermont Student initiated, in-person event: |
 See media coverage about the student coordinator at: SevenDays/KidsVT |
| Free, online event: |
 Register Here  Join Yad Vashem’s IRemember Wall and your name will be linked to the name of a Holocaust victim and then posted together on the wall. |
| United Nations 2022 Holocaust Remembrance Programming |
 In 2022, the theme guiding the United Nations Holocaust remembrance and education is “Memory, Dignity and Justice”. Holocaust commemoration and education is a global imperative in the third decade of the 21st century. The writing of history and the act of remembering brings dignity and justice to those whom the perpetrators of the Holocaust intended to obliterate. Safeguarding the historical record, remembering the victims, challenging the distortion of history often expressed in contemporary antisemitism, are critical aspects of claiming justice after atrocity crimes. The theme encompasses these concerns. View the U.N. Calendar of Holocaust Remembrance Events here. |
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