The day will also mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

 

It was at Auschwitz-Birkenau where around 1 million Jews were murdered by gas in the Shoah.

 

We also honour the memory of the tens of thousands of Poles, Roma, LGBTQI+ individuals, persons with disabilities, and others who were also killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

 

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we reaffirm our hallowed pledge of Never Again.

 

I will always stand with the Jewish community against antisemitism as well as against all forms of hatred.