Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism

[1] In 2005, the United Nations declared January 27 as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.

[2] The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism commemorates all victims of an unprecedented totalitarian regime during the era of National Socialism: "We remember the disenfranchised, the tortured, and the murdered: the European Jews, the Sinti and Roma, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the millions of abducted Slavs, the ... forced laborers, the homosexuals, the political prisoners, the sick and disabled, all those who were declared enemies and persecuted by the Nazi ideology.

Nationwide, the memory of the crimes of the National Socialists is kept alive through various events such as readings, theatrical performances, or religious services.

Additionally, the Day of Remembrance serves to draw attention to current tendencies of antisemitism, xenophobia, and misanthropy.

[3] An annual commemorative hour takes place in the Bundestag on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism.