Every year around 27th January people around the world pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The date, which has been designated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army in 1945. Different events, assemblies or speeches will be organized worldwide to highlight this historic anniversary and reaffirm, thereby, countries’ commitment to counter antisemitism.
'''Source:''' Author: C.Puisney
As regards Spain, the main commemorative event, Acto de Estado en Memoria de las Víctimas del Holocausto, will be hosted at 12pm at the Senate. The King and Queen, as announced by the official website of the Royal Family, will attend this Monday in Poland the commemorative events of the 80th Anniversary. World leaders will be attending the ceremony at Auschwitz, where some 1.1 million people (most of the victims were Jews) were killed.
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Image 1: “Main entrance building of Auschwitz-Birkenau”. En Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_entrance_building_of_Auschwitz-Birkenau_%28O%C5%9Bwi%C4%99cim,_Poland_2014%29_%2814136020459%29.jpg
Image 2. “Fachada del Palacio del Senado”. En Wikimedia Commons: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_del_Senado_%28Espa%C3%B1a%29
