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Robert Goot AM SC, Deputy President of the Executive Council of Aus­trali­an Jewry and Co-Chair of the World Jewish Congress Policy Council will represent the Aus­trali­an Jewish community at the 75^th anniversary com­mem­or­a­tion of the lib­er­a­tion of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. The event will take place on 27 January 2020, which is recog­nised as Inter­na­tion­al Holocaust Remem­brance Day, and will be attended by heads of state, world leaders and other dig­nit­ar­ies.

As the number of living victims of Nazism and witnesses to the greatest crime in history dimin­ishes with each passing year, it falls to us, des­cend­ants of survivors and people of con­science and good will, to honour the memories of the lost, and to ensure that such misery is never again inflicted on humanity. This event will serve as a powerful symbol of remem­brance and education, to which the ECAJ is unwaver­ingly committed.

At the con­clu­sion of the com­mem­or­a­tion, Mr Goot will travel to Berlin where he has been invited to meet with the President of the State of Israel, H.E. Reuven Rivlin together with a select number of rep­res­ent­at­ives of Jewish com­munit­ies around the world to discuss the present chal­lenges to the Jewish people, including the alarming resur­gence of antisemitism in Europe and around the world.

The ECAJ is again sup­port­ing the out­stand­ing We Remember campaign through which people post photos to social media of them­selves holding a #WeRe­mem­ber sign. Inform­a­tion on the campaign is available here: https://weremember.worldjewishcongress.org/.  This is a mean­ing­ful and impactful way to remember the victims of the Holocaust and we encourage everyone to support it.

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