27 gennaio 2011 – Lo stesso giorno nel 1945, il piu’ grande e il piu’ conosciuto campo di concentramento, Auschwitz-Birkenau, fu liberato. La prova dell’incredibile crudeltà, che caratterizzo’ il campo, scosse la coscienza di ogni uomo. Dunque, in questo giorno, ogni anno a partire dal 2006, le Nazioni Unite, di concerto con il resto del mondo, celebrano il Giorno della Memoria dell’Olocausto. Mostre, concerti e dibattiti, si sono tenuti in diversi uffici delle N.U.
We, as Human Rights Office of IIMA, we took part in the celebration held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, uniting us in this generation not only to honor the memory of millions of people died, but to commit ourselves to work together so that the Holocaust did not happen again '.
the center of the commemoration of this year are the mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters and aunts who, by their courage, opposed to all the atrocities. Women, "despite the horrific acts of discrimination, deprivation and cruelty, have always found a way to respond their oppressors. Joined the resistance, they have saved those who were in danger, and brought illegally to the food in the ghettos and made enormous sacrifices for their children to survive, "he told the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in his message pointed out the dangers of the marginalization of certain groups in society. "The hateful words have the ability to turn into hateful actions. The threat of genocide still remains. E 'the final expression and the most' terrible intolerance, xenophobia and racism. This day is a reminder year to remind us that we must act in a more 'decisive when they begin to develop the first signs of a climate that promotes genocide. We must be vigilant against the emergence of trends that lead to defamation of the community and counteract, through law, politics and education, the prejudice that may 'in its worst forms, lead to genocide. "
The millions of Jews, thousands of other victims, including gypsies, Slavs, the disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, communists and other political dissidents, made to live a life only to die a death not impossible, will have more 'justice. Our generation, no matter how hard you try, can not 'eliminate their pain or ease the pain of what' they left behind. But that 'it can' do is keep his promise that the Holocaust and other forms of genocide must remain forever history. Putting aside our prejudices and honoring our diffenze, we can all live in harmony.
Maria Francisca Ize-Charrin