International Holocaust Remembrance Day: See the 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation (2024)

Local people light candles among stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 26, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Tomorrow will be the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the biggest of the many concentration camps used by the Nazis during World War II to enslave and exterminate millions of Jews, political opponents, Roma and other Nazi-deemed undesirables.

WORCESTER - People gather at city hall Friday to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to raise a flag for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Cantor Joe Gole sings a prayer at the holocaust memorial at Civic Park during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration in Palm Desert, Calif., Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. In 2005 the United Nations declared January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the 6 million Jews killed during the holocaust. The date marks the anniversary of liberation at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan (on screen) speaks during a ceremony observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day at UN headquarters in New York on January 26, 2024. Holocaust Remembrance Day is held annually on January 27, to remember the killing of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Guests listen to a speech during a commemorative ceremony at the synagogue of The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day.

A woman holds a memorial stone in front of a memorial wall for about 172000 victims in the garden of The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day.

A woman places a stone and candle in front of a memorial wall for about 172000 victims in the garden of The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day.

A pair of glasses along with other belongings of victims are displayed at The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day.

A historical photo (C) from 1944 showing deported Jewish women marching with raised hands is displayed at The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day.

A woman photographs with a smartphone as she walks among stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 26, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Tomorrow will be the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the biggest of the many concentration camps used by the Nazis during World War II to enslave and exterminate millions of Jews, political opponents, Roma and other Nazi-deemed undesirables.

A menorah is pictured as Hungarian Defence Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky delivers a speech during a commemorative ceremony at the synagogue of The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 1955015734

Visitors pay their respects in front of a memorial wall for about 172000 victims in the garden of The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 1955053729

Belongings of victims are displayed at The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on January 26, 2024, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27, 2024 will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a date that has become Holocaust Memorial Day.