Georgian President honours “millions” who suffered in “humanity’s darkest chapter” on Holocaust Remembrance Day
“Let's never forget the lessons learned, and together strive for a world where tolerance will prevail”, the President noted in her social media post. Photo via Presidential Administration
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday “solemnly honoured” the “millions” who suffered in “humanity's darkest chapter” on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Let's never forget the lessons learned, and together strive for a world where tolerance will prevail”, the President noted in her social media post.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we solemnly honor the millions who suffered in humanity's darkest chapter. Let's never forget the lessons learned, and together strive for a world where tolerance will prevail.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) January 27, 2024
Earlier today, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili also paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust - “the greatest tragedy in human history”, highlighting the importance of “standing up against hatred and intolerance” and building together “a world of peace, understanding and compassion”.
Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on January 27, the day of the liberation of the largest of the concentration camps set up by Nazi Germany - Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people were killed.
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.
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 Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, who is on a visit to Israel, on Tuesday visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in the country.
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.
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.