Holocaust Memorial Day

January 27 was chosen as the date for Holocaust Memorial Day because it was on this date in 1945 that the largest Nazi killing camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated.

Our prayer on this day:

Almighty God, we remember before you this day those killed during the Holocaust (and all other genocides), for the innocents murdered, for those who wrongly used your name to kill, and for those who did not speak up against such injustice. Guide us in our efforts to root out intolerance and prejudice in our world, that we may not make peace with oppression and may stand as witness to those who died. Help us to work towards the day when no one will fall to such a sword. We ask this through him who was executed as a criminal by an oppressive state, Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.