Swiss president marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
Parmelin, who acts as Swiss President in 2021, commemorates the victims of the Holocaust during the Second World War. Keystone/ Valentin Flauraud
Guy Parmelin, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, has warned of extremism and “unhealthy instincts” in times of crisis and instability.
This content was published on January 27, 2021 - 10:42
January 27, 2021 - 10:42
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In a message marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, Parmelin called for dialogue, cohesion in society and a spirit of openness.
“We should attach even greater importance to these values in times of difficulty that lead to withdrawal, exclusion and the misguided and flawed notion that others are to blame,” he said.
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Rome, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- “Here lived Fortunata Perugia, born in 1881, arrested on 2.2.1944. Deported to Auschwitz. Murdered on 23.5.1944.” This is the message engraved onto one of the latest stumbling blocks to be laid in Rome on the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday.
The golden-topped cobbles, like this one in the Rome neighbourhood of Garbetella, and thousands across Europe, give a name to those who were murdered in the Nazi concentration and death camps of World War II.
Some 11 million people were killed by the German Nazi regime, the majority, some six million, were Jews.
In Rome, 21 new stumbling blocks were added to the 336 scattered around the city this week.
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A new Holocaust museum will be built in Canberra to better educate Australians about one of the dark chapters in world history.
The federal government will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday by committing $750,000 towards the establishment of the museum and education centre in the nationâs capital.
Jewish federal MPs Josh Frydenberg (pictured) and Josh Burns said: âHolocaust education should be taught in Australian classrooms so the children of today and tomorrow learn from the past and work towards a brighter, more tolerant and inclusive future.â
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The National Jewish Memorial Centre currently houses a small museum and art gallery that is open to the public and school groups. The collection incorporates many items given to former prime ministers by foreign dignitaries and gifted to the community by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.