Those who risked their lives to save Jews and others from mass extermination in the Second World War are inspiration for the courage to fight for a better world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other United Nations officials said today.

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The solemn ceremony on the theme "Children and the Holocaust" will include a video message by the UN Secretary-General and statements by the President of the General Assembly and the Permanent Representative of Israel a

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Special event on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (27 January) (organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information)

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The theme of the Holocaust remembrance and education activities this year is "Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights".

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Event hosted by Ms. Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. Speakers include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; H. E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the seventieth session of the General As

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Keynote Speaker Mr. Noah Klieger, journalist and Holocaust survivor at the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

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Hosted by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, this solemn ceremony is centred around the theme "Journeys through the Holocaust".

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United Nations Department of Public Information screens "Children and the Holocaust", an animated documentary film on the experience of child Holocaust survivors who found safe haven in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

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Remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.

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