Remembrance in Sarajevo: Honoring millions lost in the Holocaust

Toesday marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a solemn global observance dedicated to the millions of victims who perished under Nazi persecution during World War II. On this date in 1945, Soviet Army units liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp in occupied Poland, freeing 7,500 prisoners left behind by retreating forces. Historians estimate that approximately six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, with total fatalities including other persecuted groups reaching between nine and eleven million people. Pročitaj više