Agenda

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025

Commemorative event

Monday, January 27,

Saló de Plens. Ajuntament de Girona

Every year around 27 January, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its unwavering commitment to counter antisemitism, racism, and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945.

As every year, the Museum of Jewish History joins this commemoration with an event that will take place in the Plenary Hall of Girona City Hall.

PROGRAM

Presentation
Sílvia Planas, director of the Museum of Jewish History.

Preservar la Memòria de la Xoà: una obligació moral
Parliament by Ofer Laszewicki Rubin, journalist specialized in international politics.

Closing speech
Lluc Salellas Vilar, mayor of Girona and president of the Patronat Call de Girona.

Lighting of a commemorative candle

Sons de l'Holocaust i la diàspora. Música litúrgica jueva
To close the event, the Cor Ciutat de Mataró, under the direction of Jordi Lluch, will perform the following repertoire:
Par’o era estrellero, arr. Eleanor Epstein
Psalm 67, Salomon Rossi
Was Betrübst du Seele dich (psalm 43), Salomon Sulzer
Eli, Eli, György Deá-Bardos

Event open to all audiences.

Organized by: Patronat Call de Girona. . Place: Plenary Hall of Girona City Council