Holocaust Remembrance Day educates young people on atrocities Thursday, Jan. 27, was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest concentration and death camp was liberated by the Russian Red Army. Of the 1.3 million individuals sent to Auschwitz, 1.1 million lost their lives. In 2005, the United Nations designated the 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, urging world countries to honor the 6 million Jewish victims and other victims of Nazism to develop educational programs to prevent future genocides. We are very fortunate in the Coachella Valley to honor the day every year with a...