WWII memorials solemn reminders of war tragedy

By Ma Chi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-12-12 07:14
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A visitor reads an exhibit plaque at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial on Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27, 2014 in Oranienburg, Germany. [Photo/VCG]

Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. It commemorates the genocide in which millions of Jewish people, Romani people, mentally and physically disabled people and homosexuals were killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during WWII. The event is observed in countries such as Poland, Germany, Italy, and the UK.

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