International Holocaust Remembrance Day

"My faith forces me to say the mankind committed a second original sin with allowing a holocaust because of an order or negligence, self-imposed ignorance or insensitivity, egoism or hypocrisy, or cold calculation (...) This sin will haunt all mankind to the end of the world. It haunts me. I want it to stay that way…“
Jan Karski




67 years ago, on th 27th of January 1945 the Auschwitz Birkenau death camp was liberated. On 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session it was designated by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Posted on: 27-01-2012
International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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"Professor Karski was a man of uncommon courage, integrity, intelligence and love. May his great soul rest in peace."

William E. Lori - Auxiliary Bishop of Washington

"We will cherish his memory as near to our hearts as he cradled the souls of millions of Jews he never knew but tried to help."

David A. Harris - American Jewish Committee
"It was a great day in the history of the world when Jan was born. (...) And now that he entered the lofty realm which he will inform and adorn with his wisdom, his humanity, his nobility."

Peter F. Krough
Dean Emeritus, Georgetown University
"Those who knew Jan Karski will never forget him. His message will continue to light the path of freedom loving people throughout the years to come. No one could ask for a finer legacy."

Bill Clinton - Former President of the U.S.

"I know the work of Jan Karski should continue, and we'll do it."

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Former President of Poland
"I believe that great heroes like Jan Karski never really die. Jan Karski will live on in books, in his students, in the memory of his larger than life deeds."

Lech Wałęsa - Former President of Poland
"This is a man of incredible valor. He is a man who understands the poisonous effects of bigotry and hatred. His fight against anti-Semitism has never stopped."

Miles Lerman
Former Holocaust Museum Chairman

Who was
Jan Karski
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