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Carson Phillips, Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College

Holocaust survivor stories are reminders of why we need to educate against antisemitism

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender attends the unveiling of a bust of herself in Berlin, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

“Home and Belonging” is this year’s theme for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as designated by the United Nations, Jan. 27, the day Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated in 1945.

This theme should compel us to reflect not only on belonging and Canadian identity, but on what these ideas mean to those persecuted during and after the Holocaust.

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