In pics: World commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day amid rise of antisemitism
Remembering Holocaust victims
French Prime Minister Jean Castex (C) stands at the gate during a visit at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland on January 27, 2022, on the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Special session on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola (L) poses next to Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlander during a special plenary session on International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the EU Parliament in Brussels on January 27, 2022.
Paying respects
Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia (3L) places a stone to pay tribute at the International Monument to the Victims of Fascism at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland on January 27, 2022, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by French survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, representatives of associations working to commemorate the Shoah, religious leaders of the Jewish community and secondary school students involved in educational projects on deportation and resistance.
Emotional moment
The Speaker of Israel's Knesset parliament Mickey Levy is comforted by Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher as he reacts after delivering a speech during the annual ceremony in memory of Holocaust victims and survivors in the plenary of the Bundestag on January 27, 2022, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
'We Remember'
(L-R) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Speaker of Israel's Knesset parliament Mickey Levy, the President of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) Baerbel Bas, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Thuringia's State Premier Bodo Ramelow pose behind a logo of the #WeRemember Campaign in front of Reichstag building that houses the German Bundestag in Berlin on January 27, 2022, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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