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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

January 26, 2021
On January 27, 2021, at 9:30 a.m., a special session of the Permanent Commission of Parliament will be held to commemorate the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, as established by the United Nations.

Due to the health emergency, the session will be held without an in-person audience, but it will be streamed live via the following links:

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On November 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly decided to designate January 27 as the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On that date in 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration and extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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To mark this day, we invite you to join the “Nosotros recordamos / We Remember” campaign by taking a photo of yourself holding a sign with that phrase and posting it on social media with the hashtags #NosotrosRecordamos #WeRemember and tagging @CCIUruguay.

*Charlotte de Grünberg, president of Universidad ORT Uruguay, and Dr. José Grünberg*

*Dr. Jorge Grünberg, rector  Universidad ORT Uruguay

*Daniel Oliveri, B.A., Administrator of Universidad ORT Uruguay