The United Nations began hosting on Monday a joint exhibition in observance of the Holocaust remembrance.
The exhibition, called "The Holocaust: Stories of Rescue," will be on display in the main gallery of the visitors' lobby at the U.N. Headquarters until 2 March.
Comprising two parts, it featured one about Muslim Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust and the other about Carl Lutz, the Swiss vice-consul who helped save the lives of tens of thousands of Jews from deportation during the Holocaust.
At a formal exhibit-opening ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, Kiyo Akasaka, undersecretary-general for communications and public information, will deliver a message from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
These exhibits are presented as part of a week-long series of activities on the Holocaust Remembrance.
In 2005, the U.N. General Assembly designated 27 January as the International Day of Commemoration in memory of victims of the Holocaust.
Source: Xinhua
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