Poland Marks 63rd Anniversary Of The Holocaust

Auschwitz, Poland (AHN) - Former Auschwitz prisoners found themselves back on the grounds of the concentration camps in which they were held and tortured, as they commemorated the lives lost during the Holocaust.

On what has been officially recognized as the Holocaust Remembrance Day, created by the United Nations General Assembly, people gathered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum to remember the day the camp prisoners were liberated by the Soviet troops on January 27, 1945.

The event featured a speech by Presidential Chancellery President Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, who urged the world to remember the people who fought against the killing of the persecuted Jews.

The event was also observed on other parts of the world.

Lit candles and a moment of silence were held in Ukraine, where 1.5 million of the 6 million Jewish Holocaust victims were killed. Exhibits in places such as Kiev were also held for four days last week.

A remembrance day was also held Friday at the U.N. office in Vienna, according to the Jewish and Israel News, at the Rotunda of the Vienna International Center. The event featured the Vienna Jewish Choir.

An address at the European Parliament to be held Monday in Brussels is also scheduled to be given by Moshe Kantor, the president of the European Jewish Congress.

In England, around 1,600 people, including survivors, are invited to attend a service to be held at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool Monday, in commemoration of the Holocaust victims.