To prevent similar genocides, the world must eliminate hatred and preserve friendship and love. The world must prevent the recurrence of "another Holocaust," the German and Israeli ambassadors said at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Hanoi on March 29. Musicians perform at the Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Hanoi on March 29. Photo: Phuong Anh/The Hanoi Times The commemoration is aimed at ensuring that the Holocaust is not forgotten as it is part of the history of the German and Jewish people, said Guido Hildner, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Vietnam. The German Ambassador said the world could not allow similar events to happen in the future and called on all governments and people to remain vigilant, pray, and never forget the Holocaust. Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Yaron Mayer said that because of the Holocaust, many Israeli people did not have the chance to meet their grandparents. He warned that another Holocaust could … [Read more...] about There cannot be another genocide: Ambassadors
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Ceremony held to commemorate Holocaust victims
Students of Hanoi Experimental High School perform a candle-lighting ceremony to commemorate the Holocaust victims , a Jewish tradition preserved around the world. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Peace Committee, the United Nations, the Embassy of Israel, and the German Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 29 to commemorate Holocaust victims with the message “Never forget and learn the lesson of peace.” Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee Tran Dac Loi said that human history went through very dark pages with terrible disasters caused by human-being. One of those dark pages was the genocide of European Jews committed by Nazi Germany which resulted in the murder of more than 6 million Jews in the world. The United Nations designated January 27 as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day because on January 27, 1945, Nazi’s Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army, he said. By … [Read more...] about Ceremony held to commemorate Holocaust victims
Scientists have bone to pick with T-Rex skeleton set to sell for millions
A curator gingerly fastens a pointy claw bone with a thin metal wire, completing perhaps the world's biggest construction kit -- reassembling a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus-Rex called Trinity. The huge skeleton will go under the hammer in a rare auction in Switzerland next month after being sent to Zurich from the United States in nine giant crates. But palaeontologist Thomas Holtz -- who is against the sale of such specimens -- told AFP that it was "misleading" and "inappropriate... to combine multiple real bones from different individuals to create a single skeleton." The Swiss sale comes only four months after Christie's withdrew another T-Rex skeleton days before it was to go under the hammer in Hong Kong after doubts were reported about parts of it. Trinity, the Swiss T-Rex, is made up of bones from three dinosaurs excavated between 2008 and 2013 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming. The two sites are known for the discoveries of … [Read more...] about Scientists have bone to pick with T-Rex skeleton set to sell for millions