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CFU marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, urges global action on ongoing Uyghur
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) commemorated the millions of innocent people killed during the Holocaust and paid respect to the survivors whose resilience and testimony have ensured that history is remembered. The day marked the 81st anniversary of the liberatio
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Memorial service to mark 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Among those who traveled to the site was 86-year-old Tova Friedman, who was 6 when she was among the 7,000 people liberated on January 27, 1945. She believes it will the be last gathering of survivors at Auschwitz and she came from her home in New Jersey to add her voice to those warning
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From solar rooftops to small nuke reactors: Union Budget envisages efforts
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Union Finance Minister announced the formation of a joint venture between NTPC and BHEL companies. Further, the Union Minister said that a roadmap for moving the 'hard to abate' industries from 'energy efficiency' targets to 'emission targets' will be formulated.
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Virtual reality puts new twist on holocaust education
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Visitors wearing a virtual reality headset are taken on a 50-70 minute visit to Krakow's pre-war Jewish community followed by a guided tour of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Last surviving soldier who liberated Auschwitz in WWII, dies at 98
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 7 (ANI): David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who helped liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau, has died at the age of 98, according to a statement by the Jewish community of Munich and Upper Bavaria.
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Survivors receive COVID-19 vaccine on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Viena [Austria], January 28 (ANI): Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia received the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday on the Holocaust Day of Remembrance.
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Merkel calls for standing against antisemitism with utmost determination
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 28 (ANI): On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (local time) asserted that antisemitism must be thwarted, "be it open or veiled, and against denial or diminishing of the Holocaust".
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Pope visits Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, July 29 (ANI): On the second day of his maiden five-day tour to Poland, Pope Francis visited the infamous German Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz to pay tribute to more than one million people, mostly Jews, who lost their lives during World War II.
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