Thousands of Israelis took to the hills and parks to celebrate the holiday of Tu B'Shvat, known as the birthday of trees. The holiday marks the beginning of Spring. 8th February 20...
Every year the English Civil War Society commemorates the execution of King Charles I on 30th January 1649 by staging a parade that follows the route taken by the King from St James Pal...
On the first anniversary of the #25Jan revolution, Egyptians peacefully revisit Tahrir Square in remembrance of revolution martyrs and to continue the call for justice. Cairo, Egypt. 25...
During a commemoration for the Holocaust, Survivor Marcel Reich-Ranicki spoke at the Bundestag. Chancellor Merkel and President Wulff participated. Berlin, Germany. 27th January 2012
A memorial hour has taken place during the official Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Bundestag. Chancellor Merkel, President Wulff and several federal ministers and political leaders pa...
The 27th January is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Germany. This year Brandenburg officals and holocaust survivors made a commemorative event for the victims at former concentration camp ...
A ceremony to commemorate Holocaust victims on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day begins with a remembrance service in Kiev. Ukraine. 27th January 2012
The Islamic Human Rights Commission held their third annual Genocide Memorial Day at the School of Oriental and African Studies to remember 'man’s inhumanity to man' and raise...
The United Nations will remember the children who perished during the Holocaust with a week of events culminating in a memorial ceremony to be held in the General Assembly Hall in New Y...
On the eve of Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day “Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity” is unveiled at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum presenting some 200 portraits drawn by 21 artists in the...
Thousands gathered in İstanbul's Taksim Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's murder as outrage grows over a trial that failed to sh...
Memorial demonstration for Russian anti-fascists in front of the Russian Embassy. Three years ago the human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were alleg...
Various union members and Occupy Philadelphia supporters marched in solidarity from 30th Street Station to AFSCME District Council 33 in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr's lega...
More than 10000 people take part in a demonstration to remember the communist leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. Berlin, Germany. 15th January 2012
A memorial remembrance was held by several Indonesian university students at the location of the self-burning by political activist Sondang Hutagalung in front of the National Palace th...
Supporters of Peoples Party, PPP, recite the Holy Koran in remembrance of Benazir Bhutto during a ceremony on the occasion of the four year anniversary of her assassination. Pakistan. 2...
People gather at Station Road to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan. She was assassinated. Hyderabad, Pakistan. 26th Decem...
Hundreds of faithfuls gather at the Church of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a tradition originated in Mexico. Many Spanish speaking countries now commemorate the day as well. 12th December 2...
The Hanns Seidel Foundation presents the last head of state of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, with the Franz Josef Strauss prize in Munich. Germany. 10th December 2011
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