In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, German soccer powerhouse FC Bayern Munich on Wednesday re-launched a special initiative.
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In an official announcement on the team's website and social media, the Bavarian club said: "'Never again!'" is the slogan of the memorial day in German football, which will be commemorated again this year on and around 27 January, the date on which the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated in 1945. On this occasion, German football commemorates the victims of the atrocities of the National Socialists and sends out a signal against the dangers of forgetting."
The team posted to its Instagram feed: "On the occasion of 'Remembrance Day in German Football', #FCBayern wants to promote greater tolerance in our society with the first team, the reserves, the women's team and the basketball team this weekend and, as a whole, set an example against discrimination once again."
On Monday, FC Bayern Munich, which has supported the "Never again!" initiative since 2013, also said that on January 26 and 27, "the whole of German football will fight against forgetting so that people in Germany are 'Never again!' discriminated against because of their faith, their race or their sexual orientation.
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