“In the face of absolute evil, remembrance is a duty. The Italian Parliament, one of the first in Europe, has made this day a solemn occasion for public reflection on a dark time in our history. To honour the victims of the atrocious Nazi-Fascist barbarity. And to pay homage to the many men and women who, in those extraordinary circumstances, acted with heroism and opposed the negation of humanity”.
This is the message from Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes places on 27 January 2012. The Minister underscored that the Shoah took place “in part because the slaughterers acted in the midst of the many who chose not to see”.
The Foreign Ministry will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with events and initiatives organised by our embassies, consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes throughout the world”, continued Terzi. “We are all called to remind the young generations of the horrors of those years. Our children must be convinced and vigilant participants in the battle against all forms of discrimination, in the memory of what happened in those dark days”.
