CHICAGO (CBS)– Holocaust Remembrance Day is being honored virtually this year, both locally and nationally.
The U.S. Holocaust Museum in D.C. is hosting a virtual ceremony from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. You can watch the 2021 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration live on Youtube.
READ MORE: Over 74,000 Unemployment Claims Filed In Illinois Last Week Amid COVID-19 PandemicThe ceremony will feature “Holocaust survivors and leaders, who will convey the urgent responsibility we all share to protect the lessons and truth of this history.”
Each year on January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—we gather as a community to mark International #HolocaustRemembranceDay.
Join us tomorrow as we honor the memory of the victims and carry forward the messages of survivors. #WeRemember
— US Holocaust Museum (@HolocaustMuseum) January 26, 2021
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The JCC Chicago is offering a virtual experience to share stories of courage and resilience. You can watch the full event from 2020 on the JCC Remembers website.
The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie hosted a virtual event Tuesday night.
The museum commemorated the day with a conversation on “Renia’s Diary,” a book published from the diary of Renia Spiegel, a 14-year-old girl who documented as the Nazi Party rose to power. Her family members, including her sister and niece, spoke about the discovery of the diary.
You can watch the event online.
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