January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. Today, I’m honoring my great aunt, three generations of her family, and the six million others murdered by the Nazis. Read more about United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day, other memorial events, commemorative places, history and its lessons, and the stories of Holocaust survivors at the website of the U.S. Holocaust Remembrance Museum.
