Holocaust Remembrance Day took place on January 27, and the days around it serve as an appropriate time for workplaces and other organizations to schedule events and offer programs that focus on remembering the millions of victims of the Holocaust.
International Holocaust Day took on new importance this year because of the recent rise in antisemitism in the United States and in places around the world. Taking time to focus on combating antisemitism in the workplace is more needed than ever.
The United Nations created International Holocaust Day on Nov. 1, 2005. They chose Jan. 27 as the day for the remembrance because on that day in 1945, Soviet troops liberated the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Germans operated Auschwitz-Birkenau as one of a series of death camps in occupied Poland.