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January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Marked on the anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau’s liberation from Nazi rule, this day commemorates the people who lost their lives because of the Holocaust and other forms of Nazi persecution.
Learning about and remembering the Holocaust provides an opportunity to reflect on individual and collective responsibilities to be informed, vigilant, and responsive in support of human rights and social justice.
cIRcle’s collection offers resources on multiple aspects of the Holocaust, including the influential work Auschwitz: History, Place and People: An Academic Guide to the Camp. Created with academic supervision and contributions from UBC Department of Central, Eastern, Northern European Studies (CENES) faculty member Dr. Bożena Karwowska, this collection of essays offers readers a detailed account of the Auschwitz concentration camp’s industrial complex and the effects it had on the Holocaust, as well as Germany’s occupation of Eastern Europe throughout the Second World War.
The department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies’ Ziegler Lecture Series also includes video presentations from multiple speakers on work related to the Holocaust, including Anna Parkinson’s lecture on Contrapuntal Humanism: The Anachronism of Post-Holocaust Diasporic Writing and Anna Hájková’s lecture on The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt.
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Further Reading
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UBC Events, January 2025. A list of events, resources, and community connections.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UBC Faculty of Medicine, January 2025. Includes links to articles, workshops, and recordings.
Canadian Holocaust Resources, Government of Canada, January 2025. Features museums, exhibitions, research, as well as written and recorded survivor testimonies.