The Senate Celebrates The State Of Holocaust Remembrance And Prevention Of Crimes Against Humanity Act

MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 27: (L-R) Family photo of the vice-president of Amical Mauthausen and other camps, Concepcion Diaz; the director of the Institute of Gypsy Culture, Diego Luis Fernandez; the minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Felix Bolaños; the president of the Senate, Ander Gil; the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola; one of the Holocaust survivors Irene Shashar and the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain, Isaac Benzaquen, pose during the act of State of Memory of the Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity, in the Senate, on 27 January, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Every January 27, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its commitment to fight against racism and all forms of intolerance that could lead to acts of genocide. The commemoration is held on January 27 because on this day in 1945 the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Allied troops. (Foootage by Europa Press – Footage News/Europa Press via Getty Images)