Taiwan held an event to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, with members of the Jewish community present as well as representatives of Israel and Germany. President Lai Ching-te spoke of the lessons learned from the atrocities of Taiwan's past.
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00:00Taiwan's President Lai Ching-ze and representatives from Israel and Germany are remembering Holocaust
00:05victims at a memorial event in Taipei held by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.
00:11This year's event falls on Yom HaShawa, or Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, and attendees
00:16are paying their respects to the six million Jewish people that were killed under Nazi
00:20rule.
00:21At the ceremony, the descendant of one Holocaust survivor shared her grandmother's story.
00:25Representatives from Taiwan, Israel and Germany also lit candles to mark the occasion.
00:30Memorials like these meant to educate future generations about this tragic history.
00:35These stories deserve to be remembered and told, and they serve us as a reminder that the lessons
00:41of the past are never truly behind us.
00:45It was President Lai's first time attending the event, and he shared Taiwan's own human
00:48rights experience.
00:50The country saw one of the longest periods of martial law in history, known as the White
00:54Terror.
00:55Many countries, including Taiwan, have enacted anti-massacre legislation, and observe a Remembrance
01:07Day each year.
01:11Those occasions help us remember the victims, preserve historic memory, and most importantly, reinforce
01:21our resolve to fight against hatred and discrimination."
01:28Each year, Taiwan and its Jewish community come together to remember the atrocities committed
01:32during the Holocaust, and reflect on the continued struggle for human rights around the world.
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