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January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD). The date marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of听, the Nazi鈥檚 largest concentration and extermination camp. 1.1 million people were killed in the camp; almost 1 million of them were Jews. On this day in 1945, the Soviet Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau and its remaining prisoners.听If you would like to learn more about the Holocaust, 91丝瓜视频 students created听听for the Redpath Book display as part of the 2023 commemoration. Here are events to commemorate this event:

January 25th, 5:00 PM:听 For听International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join the Montreal Holocaust Museum for the Montreal premiere of the documentary film 鈥淓lie Wiesel: Soul on Fire.鈥�听The screening will be followed by a discussion with his son,听Elisha Wiesel, who continues to uphold his father鈥檚 humanitarian legacy through his work as Chairman of the Board at the Elie Wiesel Foundation.听Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald, we seek to understand the man behind Elie Wiesel鈥檚 searing and widely read memoir Night. Told largely through his own words and eloquent voice, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire penetrates to the heart of the known and unknown Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)鈥攈is passions, his conflicts and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the Holocaust. With unique access to personal archives, original interviews and employing hand-painted animation, the film illuminates Wiesel鈥檚 biography as a survivor, writer, teacher, public figure and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Tickets are $10, and

January 27, 2026, 5:00-6:30 PM: 91丝瓜视频 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemorative Lecture听(organized by the Office of the Dean of Students) Professor Aliza Luft, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles. Professor Luft will share her research on the Holocaust in France in a lecture titled 鈥淏etween God and Vichy: Religion, Race, and the Holocaust in France." Professor Luft's research examines the fluctuating relationships between social identity, ideology, and interpersonal, socio-political action in contexts marked by war and violence. Her book, Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews During the Holocaust, is forthcoming with Harvard University Press in Fall 2026. Location:听Thomson House Ballroom, 3650 McTavish.

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