{"id":90480,"date":"2024-01-25T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=90480"},"modified":"2024-01-25T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T20:02:10","slug":"recognizing-international-holocaust-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/01\/recognizing-international-holocaust-remembrance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Saturday, Brock will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honouring the six million Jewish \u2014 and millions of non-Jewish \u2014 victims of Nazi crimes and brutality during the Holocaust. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United Nations <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/days\/holocaust-remembrance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">established the day of recognition in 2005<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as a way for all to learn and reflect on the lessons of the Holocaust and to strengthen the resilience of young people against ideologies of hatred. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The day is also an opportunity for Brock to reaffirm its deep commitment to countering antisemitism and all forms of hate, prejudice and intolerance, and to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recognition of the day, Brock will lower its flags to half-mast.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Brock will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honouring the six million Jewish \u2014 and millions of non-Jewish \u2014 victims of Nazi crimes and brutality during the Holocaust. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90482,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90480\/revisions\/90482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}