Holocaust Memorial Day in Lithuania
Holocaust Memorial Day in Lithuania is held on September 23. 1943. This event in the third decade of the month September is annual. Help us
Lithuania has designated 23 September as National Memorial Day for the Genocide of the Lithuanian Jews.
The Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament) declared 2011 as the Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania. In honor of this Year of Remembrance, the Lithuanian government adopted a comprehensive program of commemorative events and projects dedicated to remembrance and education.
Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutien delivered the keynote address, in which she stated, "Time might seem to heal the wounds of the mid-20th century, or at least soothe the pain. The Holocaust, however, was too striking an experience not only for the Jewish nation but for the whole humanity too. We still have survivors who eyewitnessed the tragedy of the Jewish people, who saw the atrocious and meaningless massacre. We also have those who, at the risk to their and their children's lives, resisted the wild outrageous behavior...That is why the true face of Lithuania during the occupation was the 819 people who are citizens of Lithuania and the Righteous of the World."
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Commemoration of the Declaration of Martial Law on September 21 (the Philippines);
Grito de Lares on September 23 (Puerto Rico);
The Fast of Gedalia in Israel on September 24 (Heb.: צוֹם גְּדַלְיָה - is a minor Jewish fast day from dawn until dusk to lament the assassination of the righteous governor of Judah. His murder ended Jewish autonomy following the destruction of the First Temple);
Remember Me Thursday on September 25 (Held on the fourth Thursday in September);