2017-01-27 Fri

Holocaust: the programmed destruction of the Jews during the World War II is remembered worldwide on 27th January every year so that this black page of history may never be repeated.

Etymologically, holocaust reunites the Greek words holo (whole) and caustos (burnt), referring to one of the most terrifying acts of genocide in the history. In the Jewish culture, Jews define the Holocaust by the word of Shoah (the Jewish word meaning "catastrophe" or "total destruction").

In the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 27th January an annual International Day to remember this catastrophic memory of the war.

The commemorations also mark with several philatelic issues. Romfilatelia: the Romania Post issued a stamp of 3.30 Romanian Leu in the year 2007 that shows a hand behind a barbed wire. Similarly, Israel post in collaboration with UN issued a stamp depicting hands of an elderly man and a child. The stamp connotes the message “Past and Future in Our Hands”.

The Holocaust remains a deep wound not only for those who actually lived it but also for the entire humanity. In order to prevent history from repeating such atrocious tragedies, every nation must always remember the horrors of Holocaust.