A special ceremony was held in Oporto, Portugal, on Friday, honoring Holocaust victims. The Portugal-based International Observatory of Human Rights said that by paying universal tribute to Holocaust victims it seeks "to ensure that the memory of the horrendous massacre remains alive, the Jewish Community of Oporto will make sure that all Holocaust Museums around the world."
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The ceremony took place at the Oporto Holocaust Museum before an audience made up exclusively of adolescents from the city's schools.
President of the International Observatory of Human Rights Dr. Luis Andrade presented Director of the Oporto Holocaust Museum Dr. Michael Rothwell with a special certificate during the ceremony.
"The event is part of a world cordon of solidarity for universal peace, and for a better world for all humanity," Andrade said, adding, "This appalling mass assassination took the lives of millions of Jews, as well as an untold number of other human beings".
Rothwell noted that "it is a privilege to receive such a tribute, meant for all Holocaust victims, such as my grandparents, Jewish people who were targeted for scientific and industrial annihilation the likes of which had never before happened in the history of humanity."
Inaugurated in 2021 by the Jewish Community of Oporto (CIP/CJP) in partnership with the Holocaust Museums of Moscow, Hong Kong, the United States and Europe.
According to the Jewish Community of Oporto, in addition to exhibitions in former extermination camps, there are Holocaust museums or galleries dedicated to the Holocaust in Jerusalem, Washington, Montreal, London, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Berlin, Dallas, Florida, Houston, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Virginia, Victoria, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Oporto, and elsewhere.
