US Embassy Memorial Day message to Holocaust victims: We are engaged in the ongoing fight against discrimination and hate
Today, as we remember the liberation of the Nazi camp Auschwitz-Birkenau 77 years ago, we recall and honour the memory of the millions of victims of the Holocaust. "We must face history and ensure that 'never again' remains a solemn commitment of humanity and not just a mere slogan. Unfortunately, the anti-Semitism that fed the Holocaust still exists in the world even today," reads the message from the US Embassy in Chisinau, conveyed by Charge d'Affaires Laura Hruby.
The US Embassy official pointed out that antisemitism exists in the US, where hate speech and discrimination still continue, but also in the Republic of Moldova, where more than 80 tombs at the Jewish cemetery in Chisinau have been profaned, the memorial in Cosăuți has been vandalized, and Jews and the memory of the Holocaust are receiving online insults.
"We strongly condemn these acts of hate, wherever in the world and whenever they may occur, and remain in unwavering solidarity with the Jewish community," the US Embassy message reads.
Laura Hruby voiced her hope that the Jewish Museum will be inaugurated soon, in line with the government's 2018 decision - and that the subject of the Holocaust will be integrated into the school curriculum so that future generations will understand the consequences of hatred.
International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust is observed every year on 27 January, according to a UN resolution approved on 1 November 2005 by the United Nations (UN). In 1945, on 27 January, Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.
A number of events and activities are held each year on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations headquarters in New York and at UN offices around the world.
This year's motto is "Home and Belonging". In 2022, the driving theme for Holocaust remembrance and education was "Memory, Dignity and Justice".
