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What Is Holocaust Remembrance Day and When Is It Observed in the U.S.?
The first to be established was "Yom HaShoah" ("Holocaust Remembrance Day"). Next were the "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust" in the U.S. and most recently, "International ...
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Rebranding Armed Forces Remembrance Day as Armistice Day
The Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day, an annual event observed every January 15 to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the Nigerian Armed Forces who lost their lives and limbs in active ...
Seattle holds Day of Remembrance rally 83 years after Executive Order 9066 was signed
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This forced more than 125,000 Japanese ...
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Gainesville observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day resonated differently than observances of years before among the Gainesville Jewish community on Monday. It came with a mixture of unease and optimism as ...
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Pentagon's intelligence arm pausing MLK, Holocaust Remembrance and other observations
The Pentagon's intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing any activities related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Black History Month, LBGTQ+ Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day ...
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Pittsburgh families tell survivors' stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The day now also known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the six million Jews killed in the massacre, nearly one million of which were murdered at the Nazi death camp. It comes ...
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Miami-Dade students hear harrowing stories of survival
The Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach and 3GMiami organized third and fourth-generation relatives of survivors to speak to students on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Carl Juste cjuste@ ...
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Iowans honor survivors on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT. PARENTS ARE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. MY DAD WAS THE LAST HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR IN THE STATE OF IOWA. TODAY MARKS 80 YEARS SINCE THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP WAS LIBERATED.
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Auschwitz survivors warn against rise of global antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Auschwitz survivors warned against increasing antisemitism across the globe while they gathered with world leaders at the site of the death camp for the 80th anniversary of their liberation.
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Rethinking January 15 as Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day, by Jideofor Adibe
I think it made a lot of sense then to use January 15 as Armed Forces Remembrance Day, especially given General Gowon’s symbolic declaration that there was “No Winner, No Vanquished” in the ...
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Survivors gather at Museum of Jewish Heritage to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
BATTERY PARK CITY, Manhattan (WABC) -- Over 200 Holocaust survivors gathered in Lower Manhattan on Monday in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz ...