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Serbia committed to cherishing memory of victims of Holocaust

Belgrade, 28 January 2024

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture Maja Gojkovic led today, in her capacity of a special envoy of the President of the Republic of Serbia, the central state ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust at the Memorial to the Victims of Genocide in the Second World War, within complex of the former concentration camp at the Old Fairgrounds in Belgrade.

Gojkovic said that we will continue to protect from oblivion and cherish the memory of all victims of the Holocaust, adding that there is no nation in the world that has not felt the horrors of the Second World War.

In that vortex, in the fire of Nazism and fascism that set the world on fire at that time, the Serbian people perished together with the Jews and Roma. We know very well what it means to be a victim of genocide and what it means when an entire world goes out and disappears in the hell of destruction and hatred, the Deputy Prime Minister said.

The Deputy Prime Minister stated that this is why we continue to protect our freedom and independence and stand up for peace with all our might.

Gojkovic pointed out that this is why we will never get tired of repeating that there is no place for the Holocaust, racism, genocide, hatred and contempt for other people among free peoples and people who live with dignity.

One of the most important historical lessons of the Holocaust is that we must constantly and diligently work to strengthen awareness of humanity and universal values and oppose extremism and hatred wherever they appear, as soon as they appear. It is necessary to oppose oblivion and evil together and decisively, she concluded.

According to her, Serbia cooperates dedicatedly within UNESCO, the International Alliance for the Remembrance of the Holocaust and all other organizations that work to nurture the memory of suffering, which preserve history from being rewritten and strengthen trust and humanity.