A new exhibition was unveiled at the UN headquarters in New York City that commemorates the millions of people who were murdered in the Holocaust.
The exhibition was installed at the UN headquarters in Manhattan on January 26, one day before International Holocaust Remembrance Day. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan and Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN Gilad Erdan attended the exhibit’s unveiling ceremony, where they addressed political leaders, delegates, Holocaust survivors and their families.
In opening remarks, Guterres recalled his first visit to the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem and the many visits he has since made to the museum as UN Secretary-General.
“Thank you to Yad Vashem for bringing this deeply moving exhibition to the United Nations,” Guterres said. “To give the millions who perished an everlasting name. Six million men, women, and children are lost forever but their names will never be forgotten. This exhibit is a call to action, a call to remembrance as we have to find new ways to carry the torch of remembrance. It’s a call to reflection, to see in each of those perished human beings with hopes and dreams. Let us keep the memory of the past alive and never let others forget.”
The book of Names of Holocaust Victims, compiled by Yad Vashem over the past 70 years, features the alphabetically arranged names of 4,800,000 Holocaust victims that have been recorded along with their birthdates, hometowns, and circumstances and places of death if that information is known.