Obama pledges to combat denial on Holocaust commemoration day
simmons | January 27, 2012
January 27, 2012 WASHINGTON (JTA) -- President Barack Obama pledged to combat Holocaust denial in a message marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In his message, Obama said the United States would “pledge to speak truth to those who deny the Holocaust.” “As we celebrate the strength and resilience of survivors, we pledge to stand strong against all those who would commit atrocities, against the resurgence of anti-Semitism, and against hatred in all its forms,” he said. Friday marks the seventh International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly to annually honor the six million Jewish men, women and children that were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Jan. 27 holds historical significance because it was the day in 1945 when the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum commemorated the day with remarks from a Holocaust survivor and one of its volunteers, Agi Geva, and the lighting of memorial candles in its Hall of Remembrance
