January 27th marks the date of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was established by a UN General Assembly resolution on November 1, 2005. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is grim reminder of the past atrocities of genocide and mass killings, but also serves as a warning for the present and the future.
In Rome, on October 16, 1943, 1259 people were deported to Auschwitz from the Jewish Ghetto…only 16 of them returned.
Nazi round of the Jewish Ghetto. Image from L’Italo-Americano. Click to visit their site.