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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony: In-person & Virtual

 

United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

WHEN: 27 January 2025, 11 AM EST
WHERE: General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters in New York on  If you are unable to attend in-person, the Ceremony will be livestreamed on UN WebTV, YouTube and X. 

We are also pleased to announce the opening of three exhibitions at the United Nations Visitors' Lobby, on display starting 17 January 2025

The events and exhibitions are organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945. 

 


 

United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony


Monday, 27 January 2025, at 11:00 a.m. EST


In person: General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters [Registration]

Live-stream: on UN WebTV, YouTube and X


Ms. Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, will host the observance. Survivors of the Holocaust will share their testimonies. United Nations Secretary-General, the President of the 79th session of the General Assembly and representatives of Member States will deliver remarks. Memorial prayers will be recited.

To attend in-person: Register at this link by 12:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, 21 January 2025.

To attend virtually: Watch the ceremony live and on demand at:

 

Exhibitions at United Nations Headquarters, New York

17 January – 21 February 2025
Visitors' Lobby, United Nations Headquarters



Holocaust Remembrance - A Commitment to Truth

80 years after the Holocaust ended, Holocaust remembrance remains an imperative: a haunting reminder of what happens when prejudice is left unchallenged, and dignity and rights destroyed. Through the testimony of survivors and photographs, the exhibition provides an overview of the Holocaust, the antisemitism and other factors that facilitated it and the terrible atrocities perpetrated against victims of the Nazis and their racist collaborators. 
 

Lest We Forget

This exhibition provides glimpses of moments of kindness and compassion, of life enjoyed, and of the intimate connections that existed in Jewish families and communities before the Holocaust. The photographs stand as stark evidence of the deep and terrible loss and destruction wrought by the Nazis and their racist collaborators, and reflect the humanity of the victims of the Holocaust.


Auschwitz - A Place on Earth. The Auschwitz Album

This exhibition depicts the only known visual documentation - The Auschwitz Album - of the process leading to the mass murder perpetrated by the Nazis at Auschwitz Birkenau. The Auschwitz Album is a source of invaluable evidence, a silent and powerful rebuke against the people who created and ran the death camps.

 

The exhibitions are free and open to the public. No registration is required. Please visit UN Exhibits for visitor instructions. 

 

MORE UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Book Launch and Discussion
Saints and Liars by Professor Debórah Dwork


Thursday, 23 January 2025, at 1:00 p.m. EST
In person: United Nations Bookshop
Live-stream: @UNPublications Facebook page



 

Click here to register  |  Read more

 

Film Screening: UnBroken

Wednesday, 29 January 2025, at 7:00 p.m. EST (corrected time)
In-person: Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th Street, New York, NY 


 

Click here to register  |  Read more