January 27, 2013 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day established in 2005 by
the United Nations General Assembly on the 60th anniversary of liberating the
prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi extermination camp. Ceremonies are being
held in different countries-some of which are mentioned in this article >from the
Huffington Post click here: http://tinyurl.com/bklrcc4
Original url:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/27/international-holocaust-remembrance
-day-2013_n_2561839.html?utm_hp_ref=world

The White House released a statement by President Obama in commemoration of
International Holocaust Memorial Day which may be read at:
http://tinyurl.com/aeptvjb
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/27/statement-president-in
ternational-holocaust-remembrance-day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on January 27 while -
Some countries such as Israel and the US observe Yom Hashoah Day --Holocaust
Remembrance Day in the Spring marking the anniversary of the uprising of the
Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, against the Nazis.

Israel's observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is reviewed
in this article: http://tinyurl.com/a8u3y9e
original url:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/27/israeli-holocaust-memorial-displays-
recovered-personal-items-for-international/#ixzz2JDOPkq8R

Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee