Political leaders and community figures attended the annual Holocaust memorial ceremony in Ottawa to commemorate victims of the Holocaust, and said Canadians must stand against anti-Semitism amid a rise of violent incidents targeting Jewish people and institutions.
The ceremony took place at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking 81 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp.
Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at the memorial ceremony, saying the liberation of Auschwitz–Birkenau “exposed the scale of Nazi crimes to the world and became symbols of the horrors of the Holocaust, the guilt of the enablers, and the resilience of the survivors.” He noted that it is the responsibility of Canadians to listen, reflect, and act to ensure “what happened will never happen again.”…