By Amanda Moses
April 18th marks the Day of Remembrance, also known as Yom HaShoah, an annual commemoration of the Holocaust established by the United States Congress. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this date corresponds with the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime—with Adolf Hitler at the helm—led in the systematic persecution of over six million Jews and millions of others who were disabled or racially or socially the government considered unfit to meet the criteria of what they called a superior, Aryan race. This genocide is one of the darkest moments in history catapulting into World War II.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum leads the nation in observing the Days of Reembrace to remind the world of the horrific tragedy that ripped apart the lives of millions and Eastern Europe—the memory albeit macabre is important to shape our perspective, teach us about the past, and learn how to recognize and hopefully stop such tragedies from every occurring again.
This year, the museum will host a living memorial, for free, to the Holocaust in a virtual gathering on April 20th at 10:30 am. For more information visit the museum’s website at https://www.ushmm.org/
