Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2017

The 27 January 2017 was the 2017 International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The European Union remembered the genocide committed here, on European soil, just two generations ago.

The European Union reminded that, as a reaction to the World War and to Shoah, the founders of a united Europe decided to turn the page. A united Europe was the only way to ensure that “never again” such tragedies would happen inside our continent. It also warned that, Anti-Semitism has not disappeared, and European Jews had too often come under attack. Discriminations based on religion and on ethnicity are worryingly on the rise.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Message by President Jean-Claude Juncker to the Jewish community on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-message-by-president-jean-claude-juncker-to-the-jewish-community-on-the-occasion-of-holocaust-remembrance-day-2016/

ESO: Background information: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-by-high-representative-vice-president-federica-mogherini-on-the-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/

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