January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. In November 2005, it was officially proclaimed International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust by the United Nations General Assembly.
The Holocaust profoundly affected countries in which Nazi crimes were perpetrated, but it also had universal implications and consequences in many other parts of the world.
The Holocaust Memorial Day encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide. Thus, on January 27, we remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution.
On this occasion, ORF-Enterprise presents a line-up of documentaries that bring resistance fighters into the limelight, offer an interesting focus on Austria's attitude towards the restitution of "aryanized" properties, portray the life stories of Jewish refugees, and offer multi-facetted insights into the Mauthausen concentration camp.
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