Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
01/21/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/22/2025 10:46
Deputy Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Deputy Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
21.01.2025
On 21 January, MFA Secretary of State Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski attended a Brussels-based Holocaust Remembrance Conference "Remembering the past. Shaping the future", marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The conference was co-organised by the European Commission and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It is one of numerous events honouring the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, commemorated on 27 January 2025. The speakers of the conference included a Holocaust survivor, Mala Tribich, and European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life Katharina von Schnurbein.
Today, Auschwitz is a symbol of the Shoah and the atrocities of the Second World War. In 2005, the United Nations designated 27 January as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.