Athens participates in the global campaign “We remember” for the Holocaust

The Municipality of Athens commemorates the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is January 27, and participates in the international campaign of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to preserve the Holocaust Memorial #WEREMEMBER.

Paying a minimal tribute to the memory of the millions of Jews who were killed in the Nazi concentration and extermination camps, he illuminated the City Hall in Kotzia Square, displaying the message #WEREMEMBER. The mayor of Athens, Costas Bakogiannis, participated in the event for the Day of Remembrance of Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust at the monument of the same name in Thissio, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Athens is emphasized in a statement of the municipality, “it becomes another link in this human chain of solidarity, with the aim of never forgetting the atrocities of the Nazis, but to remain alive in our historical memory and to be a profound lesson, so that humanity never live again images taken from the darkest pages of world history “.

Also in a statement, Mr. Bakoyannis stressed: “What hurts the victim the most, is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of those present,” wrote Eli Wiesel. Today, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we commemorate the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust for the six million people who perished and the Day of Remembrance of the Greek Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust for the 67,000 of our compatriots who died. Athens proudly participates in the global “We remember” campaign. Because it concerns all of humanity and not just the Jewish people. To let everyone, young and old, children, know what happened in the Nazi infernos. To never silence anyone present again, in the face of intolerance, racism, hatred. To save and be saved. “

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