Holocaust remembrance days often include efforts to combat hatred and antisemitism.
In February 2024, Google announced that Holocaust Remembrance Days would no longer be highlighted by default on Google Calendar, arguing that it was no longer "scalable or sustainable" to continue adding the growing number of national and international "cultural moments" manually to its calendars.
[18] Ebreju tautas genocīda upuru piemiņas diena As of 2004[update], twelve countries observed January 27, the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, including Germany, Britain, Italy and Scandinavian countries.
In 2003 France designated this date as the day of remembrance of genocides and prevention of crimes against humanity.
As of 2004[update], eleven countries in Europe had chosen dates related to local histories.