{"id":17877,"date":"2021-01-30T03:05:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T03:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/audio\/2021\/01\/1083392"},"modified":"2021-01-30T03:05:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T03:05:05","slug":"podcast-speaking-up-and-confronting-hatred-in-memory-of-the-holocaust-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/30\/podcast-speaking-up-and-confronting-hatred-in-memory-of-the-holocaust-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST:\u00a0Speaking up and confronting hatred, in memory of the Holocaust\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Auschwitz-Birkenau\u00a0was liberated 76 years ago this week, and\u00a0to mark\u00a0Holocaust\u00a0remembrance day\u00a0in late January, the\u00a0corridors\u00a0of UN Headquarters\u00a0are\u00a0normally\u00a0filled with the stories of survivors who come to\u00a0bear witness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But\u00a0this year, the annual commemoration programme was held\u00a0online\u00a0for the first time\u00a0ever, due to COVID-19<\/a>, under the theme \u201cFacing the Aftermath: Recovery and Reconstitution after the Holocaust\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n For this\u00a0latest\u00a0edition of our\u00a0Lid is On podcast,\u00a0Ana Carmo brings you\u00a0some of those\u00a0voices of survival<\/a>,\u00a0along with\u00a0the poignant contribution of German leader<\/a>, Angela Merkel, and leading UN officials,\u00a0speaking out against\u00a0intolerance and racism, with neo-Nazism seemingly on the rise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n