MOSCOW, Jan 26 It is inadmissible to drop the Holocaust Remembrance Day from the discussion of national and world history, The Ministry of Education took into account the position of the Human Rights Council and President Vladimir Putin and included this date in the calendar plan, Alexander Asmolov, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), said. Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, follows from a published document on the website of the ministry. The order amends the plan, which was approved in August 2021.
"For completely strange reasons, January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, fell out of the calendar of events, which all Russian school education programs are guided by. It was on this day that the Red Army liberated the prisoners of the Auschwitz death camp… I drew the president's attention to the fact that it was unacceptable to drop out of the discussion of the international day of remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust in national and world history. It runs counter to the policy of the president, who in the early 2000s was one of the initiators of introducing January 27 into the calendar of international events as a day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust. Holocaust denial in many countries of the world is seen as direct support for the policy of National Socialism and genocide", Asmolov said.
According to him, members of the HRC asked the President to help resolve the situation and instruct the Ministry of Education to correct «this tragic mistake in coverage events of Russian and world history».
19:12ReligionThe head of the EJC spoke about the unprecedented threat of extremism around the world»This is exactly what was done and taken into account on January 25, 2022 by an order issued by the Ministry of Education signed by First Deputy Minister Alexander Bugaev. When I read the order, I called Minister Sergey Kravtsov and Alexander Bugaev and said that it is incredibly important that they took into account the position of the Human Rights Council and the President of Russia,» Asmolov said. In addition, according to him, Putin noted the importance of this date and drew attention to the fact that it coincides with the day of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the blockade.
January 20, 19:52 Russia will not allow the glorification of Nazism, said the Deputy Representative to the UN «Vladimir Vladimirovich drew attention to the fact that this day coincides with the day of liberation from the blockade of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War. He considers it appropriate that these two events in the memory of our schoolchildren were both emphasized and singled out in the education of the younger generations,» Asmolov added. He also noted the role of the Russian Jewish Congress and its chairman Yuri Kanner in restoring the Holocaust memorial day. According to Asmolov, on January 27, on the day of memory of the victims of the Holocaust, Dmitry Shostakovich's symphony «Babi Yar» will be performed at the musical theater «Helikon-Opera». International Holocaust Remembrance Day is set on January 27. By decision of the UN, the day when the Red Army liberated the Nazi death camp «Auschwitz» (Oswiecim) in 1945 was chosen for this memorable date. January 20, 18:53 UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning Holocaust denial