January 27^th, 2021

January 27th, 2021, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Links to Holocaust museums were posted to the Grade 5 Google Classroom website, allowing students to visit virtual exhibitions (i.e. Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Montreal Holocaust Museum).

Ms. Ameree, the Grade 5 teacher, shared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's statement, honouring the millions of victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day on January 27^th that commemorates the end of the Holocaust. The term Holocaust refers to the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945. The date January 27^th was chosen to commemorate the date that the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.  (Photos from https://pm.gc.ca/en)