The Ministry of Justice and Public Order today commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, saying that Cyprus' commitment to the protection of the Holocaust memory is fully in line with the support, assistance and practical assistance offered by the Cypriot people in the period 1946-1949 to the five , who survived the massacre and found themselves in British-occupied Cyprus, after the end of World War II.
In a statement issued on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Ministry of Justice states that today, on the seventy-seventh anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from the allied forces, Cyprus commemorates the memory of the victims. in one of the darkest moments of European and world history and reaffirms its commitment to tackling all forms of discrimination, racism and xenophobia, including anti-Semitism.
"Holocaust Remembrance Day is a day of reflection for the six million victims of a methodically organized atrocity," he said, adding that "it is also a social imperative for the ongoing fight against racism, bullying and xenophobia. every effort to prevent humanity from ever experiencing such atrocities again. "
"Cyprus from 2019", the Ministry of Justice states, "has adopted the functional definition of Anti-Semitism of the International Alliance for the Remembrance of the Holocaust and since 2021 has acquired observer status in the International Alliance, composed with the people of Israel and necessity of historical memory ".
He also notes that "Cyprus' commitment to the protection of the memory of the Holocaust is fully in line with the support, assistance and practical assistance offered by the Cypriot people in the period 1946-1949 to the fifty-three thousand Jews who survived the massacre and were found in British-occupied Cyprus after the end of World War II ".
He concludes that "on this historic day we must not forget the past, but be vigilant against any manifestation of anti-Semitism, intolerance and any act that denies the historical truth and desecrates the memory of millions of victims."
Source: KYPE
