International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica a commemoration was held at the Hall of the Legislative Assembly in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The focal point of this memorial was not to forget this historic event, which is painful not only to the Jewish community, but to all humanity. And it was stressed that the Holocaust must not be repeated.
The Deputy Jose Manuel Echandi
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The promoters of this commemoration were Deputy Jose Manuel Echandi, Mr. Ehud M. Ehud M. Eitam, y Sr. Eitam, Ambassador of Israel, and Mr. Kennet Rodríguez Sánchez, AMISRAEL’S representative.
Among those present at the event were Mr. Francisco Antonio Pacheco, the President of the Legislative Assembly and Mr. José Manuel Hermida, Representative of the United Nations for Development Programme (UNDP).
The event began with a video that showed shocking images of the sufferings of the Holocaust victims and followed by the testimony of Mr. Solomon Fachler, a Holocaust survivor, who shared his experience with the audience.
On November 1, 2005 the United Nations General Assembly elected January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
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Mr. Salomón Fachler (Holocaust survivor) |
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