Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration set for Sunday at LA park

A commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day will be held Sunday at Pan Pacific Park, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the end of World War II.

The commemoration is set to begin at 11 a.m. and will feature a conversation with Holocaust survivor Erika Fabian and the debut of a community art project by Israeli American artist Tomer Peretz and survivor Gabriella Karin.

The commemoration will also acknowledge the devastation of January’s Palisades and Eaton fires with remarks from Rabbi Amy Bernstein of Kehillat Israel, the Pacific Palisades synagogue that survived the fire.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will make brief remarks.

The annual commemoration is being held in conjunction with Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Under a 1951 resolution approved by the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, Yom HaShoah is observed on the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, which began at sundown Wednesday and ended at sundown Thursday.

The commemoration is organized by Holocaust Museum LA, which is located in Pan Pacific Park.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday declaring April 20 through April 27 as the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust and asked the nation to observe “the solemn anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camps with appropriate study, prayers, and commemoration and to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by remembering the lessons of this atrocity so that it is never repeated.”

“During these Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, we reflect upon the dark affront to human dignity posed by Nazis,” Trump said in his proclamation. “We cherish the eternal memories of all those whose lives were lost to the deadly scourge of antisemitism.

“Above all, we vow to never forget the atrocities of the Holocaust. We declare that never again means now.”