80 years ago today, the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. An estimated 1.1 million people (Jews, Poles, Russian POWs, Roma) were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau between 1940 and 1945, and this date was subsequently chosen by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Today, the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, perhaps the most notorious of Nazi concentration and extermination camps.

Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day to memorialize the six million Jews and millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.

Jan. 27 marks the 80th International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which honors the victims of the Holocaust and commemorates the liberation of the Former Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz.

Yesterday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world paid tribute to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. It’s high time for us to remember the victims and survivors of the holocaust in Gaza too — even if Harvard wants us to forget them.

Farmington Hills’ Zekelman Holocaust Center (The HC) will present a two-day series of events marking the occasion, on Sunday and Monday.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed annually on January 27, was established by the UN General Assembly on November 1, 2005 (Resolution No. 60/7), as reported by Ukrinform.

Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day 80 years ago, Russian soldiers liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Galina Bailin’s daughter was murdered by Hamas in the south on Oct. 7; Alla Lopatin lost her home in the north to Hezbollah attacks.

The United Nations General Assembly has designated Jan. 27 — the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.