Germany Prepares to Commemorate Holocaust Victims on 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

Events across the country will honor the millions murdered under Nazi rule, with a focus on remembrance, education, and rejecting extremism.

• The national Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 marks 80 years since the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.
• The Gedenkstätte Großschweidnitz will hold a memorial event highlighting the biographies of victims of Nazi euthanasia programs, including a boy named Gerhard Böhm.
• In Brandenburg, the Sachsenhausen Memorial will host a central ceremony featuring survivor testimonies, student contributions, and the laying of flowers.
• The Brandenburg Gedenkstätten Foundation has excluded the far-right AfD party from its events, citing concerns over dignity and respect for victims and survivors.
• Local governments and other memorial sites, such as Ravensbrück and Brandenburg an der Havel, are organizing additional ceremonies to combat antisemitism and promote human rights.

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