Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights Memorial Ceremony

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre in first row) poses for a photo with Isaac Herzog (fifth from left), President of the State of Israel, Philemon Yang (fifth from right), President of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, and other participants in the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony on the theme "Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights" in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. At right is Dorothy Shea, Chargé d'affaires, a.i of the United States of America to the United Nations. At third from right is Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations; at fourth from right is Marianne Muller, Survivor, and at third from left is Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. At third from right in the second row is Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.

Melissa Fleming (right), Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications meets with Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, at the opening of the exhibit "Holocaust Remembrance - A Commitment to Truth" at UN Headquarters.

80 years after the Holocaust ended, Holocaust remembrance remains an imperative: a haunting reminder of what happens when prejudice is left unchallenged, and dignity and rights destroyed. Through the testimony of survivors and photographs, the exhibition provides an overview of the Holocaust, the antisemitism and other factors that facilitated it and the terrible atrocities perpetrated against victims of the Nazis and their racist collaborators. The exhibition illustrates the courage of victims to resist dehumanization.