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President, Ambassador Lauder:

January 27, 2021 Ambassador

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New York, NY 10022 USA

Dear President, Ambassador Lauder:

On this day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the Institute

for Research of genocide Canada mourns the Millions of Innocent Souls lost and lives

displaced by the murderous Nazi regime.

Seventy-six years later, we strive to remember the incomprehensible and barbaric act of

violence directed against a nation of peoples that questioned faith and humanity at its

core. Amid the darkness, 27 January 1945 emerged as a day of hope; thousands of Pris-

oners were liberated from the infamous Nazi extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

While the liberation was an end to the atrocities at Auschwitz, it marked the start of the

Survivors' battle for justice and accountability. The Holocaust survivors have coura-

geously shared their stories, the real-life nightmares of unimaginable atrocities, and the

haunting images forever etched in their memory. The invaluable accounts from survi-

vors are living testaments of human resilience, courage, and dignity.

We are indebted to every Survivor of the Holocaust for their stories; they are the crucial

lessons of life that remind us that inaction enables inhumanity to thrive and prevail. If

we silence their voices, if we allow ourselves to forget or dare to doubt, we allow evil to

extinguish the light of hope, the very foundation of the Good in humanity.

Those courageous enough, who spoke out against the Nazi regime, who without hesita-

tion aided their persecuted neighbors, recognized their choice of Good vs. Evil. We must

do the same; we must condemn any attempts to deny the occurrence of the Holocaust.

We must never forget the six million Jews and millions of other innocent victims mur-

dered in Nazi death camps. We must remember and mourn those lives cut short, and

we must celebrate, listen, and recognize the courageous spirit of those who survived.

On this International Day of Commemoration, in Memory of the Victims of the Holo-

caust, the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada joins the Jewish community as we

reaffirm our obligation not just to bear witness but to act against hatred, discrimination,

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and bigotry wherever it may surface. We ask God to bless the memory of the millions

who perished and grant us the strength and courage to make real our solemn vow:

Never forget. Never allow evil to prevail again.

Respectively,

Emir Ramic

Chairman

http://instituteforgenocide.org/

info@instituteforgenocide.org

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