Biden announces US Holocaust Remembrance Week

Joe Biden declared the week from April 16 to 23 Holocaust Remembrance Days and called on people to remember those who died and survived in the tragic events of history.Voice of America".

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This week, US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken issued statements on Holocaust memorial days.

“On Yom HaShoah (Day of the Holocaust) and on these memorable days, we mourn the 6 million Jews killed during the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as the millions of Roma and Sinti, Slavs, disabled people, LGBTQI+ and political dissidents who were killed Nazis and their collaborators,” Biden said on April 14, reports ClevelandJewish.

“Together with the courageous survivors, descendants of the victims and people around the world, we renew our solemn vow: never again,” he added.

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Biden said he would never forget meeting the two survivors last year on "sacred ground" at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Memorial Center in Jerusalem.

In a statement on behalf of the White House, the American president noted the urgency of this event, as "there are fewer and fewer survivors who can share their stories and open their eyes to the terrible consequences of boundless hatred."

“The horrors of the Holocaust are painful to remember - the brutal murder of innocent families and the systematic dehumanization of entire peoples. We remember cries for help that went unanswered and a bright future that was cut short. We must never turn away from the truth of what happened,” the statement said.

Biden noted manifestations of anti-Semitism in the United States.

“Unfortunately, hatred never goes away without a trace. “She is only hiding, hiding until she is given oxygen to reappear,” the statement said. “We see this harsh truth all over our country: from swastikas on cars and anti-Semitic banners on bridges to attacks on Jews in schools and synagogues and outright Holocaust denial. The venom and violence of anti-Semitism goes against every value we stand for as Americans.”

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The American president also announced that he had appointed the first special envoy to monitor the fight against anti-Semitism. Historian Deborah Lipstadt has studied the Holocaust and will now lead the development of a national strategy to combat anti-Semitism.

“We need the full force of the federal government to mobilize to fight this scourge of hate in America,” he said.

He added that the United States is one of the sponsors of a UN resolution to combat Holocaust denial and has achieved "the largest increase in physical security funding in the history of non-profit organizations, including synagogues, Jewish community centers, Jewish day schools and other houses of worship."

The President declared April 16-23 "Holocaust Remembrance Week" and urged Americans to "pause to remember the victims and survivors of the Holocaust."

On April 17, Blinken, who is Jewish, released a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Days.

“On Yom Hashoah, we remember and honor the 6 million Jews and millions of other people killed by the Nazis, including Roma, LGBTQI+, Slavs and people with disabilities,” he said. “We honor them not only because they died, but because they lived, fought and loved. We celebrate their lives in their diversity and complexity, mourning lost traditions, knowledge, stories and families.”

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“One of the most important lessons we can learn from the Holocaust is that the mass murder of 6 million Jews was not a sudden or isolated act, but rather the culmination of countless successive steps aimed at denigrating and dehumanizing people,” he added. “That’s why we must remember this, now and always.”

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