Georgian PM pays tribute to Holocaust victims on International Remembrance Day
The Head of the Government stressed the Holocaust was a “constant reminder” of the responsibility of the world community, governments and each individual to “stand up against” hatred and intolerance and to build together “a world of peace, understanding and compassion”. Photo via Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Today we remember the Holocaust - the greatest tragedy in human history”, Garibashvili noted while commemorating “millions of innocent people” who had fallen victim to “unheard-of atrocities” and paying “special respect” to those who miraculously survived.
The Head of the Government stressed the Holocaust was a “constant reminder” of the responsibility of the world community, governments and each individual to “stand up against” hatred and intolerance and to build together “a world of peace, understanding and compassion”.
Approximately six million Jewish people died in the Holocaust, while more than 1.1 million were killed at Auschwitz - the largest of the concentration camps set up by Nazi Germany. Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, who is on a visit to Israel, on Tuesday visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in the country.
Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset on Sunday said that the Israeli side “appreciated” the Georgian population and the country’s Government’s respect for Jewish communities, and stressed that the relationship between two countries has been “getting stronger”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust in comments for the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
As part of his visit to Israel, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem memorial.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday “solemnly honoured” the “millions” who suffered in “humanity's darkest chapter” on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The Georgian Parliament, in cooperation with the Israeli Embassy in the country, on Monday commemorated the victims of Holocaust, the genocide of European Jews by the Nazi Germany during World War II, at the National Parliamentary Library in Tbilisi.