Holocaust Remembrance Day

Seventy years ago today, Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Over a million people, mostly Jews but also gypsies, gays, and others were killed there. In 2005 the UN designated January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Here are two sites about this day:
http://www.yadvashem.org/27th/index.asp
http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/

Here is Steven Spielberg's timely warning about the rise of anti-Semitism in the world: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/world/article/Survivors-visit-Auschwitz-a-day-ahead-of-70th-6040071.php