![]() ![]() ![]() Stressing the importance of dialogue in combatting all forms of anti-Semitism, Archbishop McDonald referred to Pope Francis’ views on connectedness. So, in a real sense it’s through memory that you appropriate and understand who you are as a people.” He went on to say, “The important thing for the Jews about remembering the Exodus is you’re not just remembering a story of liberation you’re remembering how you became a people because it was in being freed and being given the law and taken to their own land the Jews become a people. Speaking to Vatican News about the importance of memory, the Archbishop said, “it has a particular importance, both for Jews and for Christians and the way in which we remember is actually connected.” Safeguarding the historical record, remembering the victims, challenging the distortion of history often expressed in contemporary antisemitism, are critical aspects of claiming justice after atrocity crimes.”Īrchbishop Kevin McDonald is the Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark in London, and Chair of the Committee for Catholic-Jewish relations for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The writing of history and the act of remembering brings dignity and justice to those whom the perpetrators of the Holocaust intended to obliterate. The theme for this year’s 76th International Holocaust Remembrance Day is “Memory, Dignity and Justice”.Īccording to the United Nations, “Holocaust commemoration and education is a global imperative in the third decade of the 21st century. The day also remembers the millions of people who were affected by terrible crimes committed during conflicts in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The date commemorates the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in south-west Poland, which was liberated by Russian troops on 27 January 1945. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked annually to recall the millions of people who were killed or lived through the Holocaust. CBCEW » Interreligious Dialogue » Jewish Relations » » Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘D. ![]()
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