English Elda: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

miércoles, 27 de enero de 2016

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international memorial day on 27 January commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. This genocide resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jews, 2 million Gipsies, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. On 27 January 1945 Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp was liberated.

This International day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. (Source: Wikipedia)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day and education:

UNESCO. International Day

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/commemoration-in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-holocaust-2016/

UNESCO. Some resources:

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/human-rights-education/holocaust-remembrance/resources/resources-for-educators/

Centre for Holocaust Educational

http://www.holocausteducation.org.uk/

Holocaust Educational Trust

http://www.het.org.uk/

US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Resources for Educators

http://www.ushmm.org/educators
Genocide of European Roma
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/es/article.php?ModuleId=10005219