The Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka Cvijanović, will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Monday, January 27.
A large number of world and European officials, heads of state and government, as well as representatives of numerous international organizations will attend the commemoration, the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced.
1,300,000 people from Europe passed through Auschwitz-Birkenau, a Nazi German concentration camp in occupied Poland during World War II, of whom 1,100,000 were killed.
Around 900,000 were killed in gas chambers, shot or starved to death immediately upon arrival, which is why Auschwitz has been called the most infamous death camp.
In November 2005, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly unanimously adopted a Resolution designating January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
