Remembering the Holocaust through Power of Place

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and reflects on the history of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

Eighty-one years ago, on January 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in occupied Poland—a place where more than one million people were murdered as part of the Nazis’ so-called “Final Solution.” In November 2005, the United Nations designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of others targeted by Nazi persecution. According to the United Nations, the wor...

People in this episode

Host: Carrie Caton

Topics covered

• Holocaust remembrance
• Auschwitz-Birkenau
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Nazi persecution
• historical events

Keywords

• Holocaust
• Auschwitz
• remembrance
• Nazi persecution
• January 27
• United Nations
• historical significance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United Nations

Places: Auschwitz-Birkenau

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