Remembrance and responsibility · Question 66 of 69
27 January is an official day of remembrance in Germany. What does this day commemorate?
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- B the victims of National Socialism (day of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp)
Explanation
On 27 January 1945, soldiers of the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Since 1996, 27 January has been the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism in Germany, and since 2005 also International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The war ended on 8 May, and the Basic Law came into force on 23 May 1949.