Instilling the memory in future generations

Rejecting any denial of the Holocaust as an historical event, either in full or in part, the United Nations has condemned "without reserve" all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, whenever they occur. Thus, in 2005, the unanimously voted Resolution 60/7, designated the 27th January - the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp - as an annual day of commemoration . Concurrently, the UN also urged Member States to develop educational programmes to instil the memory of the tragedy in future generations to prevent genocide from occurring again.

As Benedictine Abbot Timothy Wright says in his reflection, the Holocaust was a turning point in history which must prompt the world to say "never again…

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