More than six million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime, and countless others suffered under the heinous crimes they perpetrated. In Israel, some 900 Holocaust survivors died from COVID-19 out of 5,300 who were infected last year. (Dano Veselsky/TASR/The Associated Press)Israel, which counts 197,000 Holocaust survivors, officially marks its Holocaust remembrance day in the spring. Meanwhile, Luxembourg signed a deal agreeing to pay reparations and to restitute dormant bank accounts, insurance policies and looted art to Holocaust survivors. In 2005, the United Nations designated the anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2021 22:33 UTC