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This is a Presidential Proclamation (Proclamation 10889), a ceremonial and symbolic order issued by the President of the United States and published in the Federal Register. It designates January 27, 2025 as a “National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.” It commemorates the people killed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust and calls on the public to mark the day.
It formally names one specific date — January 27, 2025 — as a national day of remembrance, tied to the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation on that date in 1945. The document states that, over the years 1940–1945, more than one million Jews, religious leaders, disabled persons, and other victims were killed at Auschwitz. It directs — in the sense of a request, not a legal mandate — that Americans observe the day through “programs, ceremonies, and prayers” honoring Holocaust victims and those who helped liberate the camp. The proclamation also restates existing policy positions: that antisemitism has “no place” in U.S. society or foreign policy, a commitment to Holocaust education for future generations, and continued friendship with the State of Israel. It creates no new law, program, funding, agency action, or penalty.
The proclamation is addressed to “every American citizen,” who is called upon to observe the day, though observance is voluntary and carries no legal obligation. It specifically acknowledges Holocaust survivors, families of victims, the Jewish community, and the people of Poland. Because it is a commemorative statement rather than a regulatory action, no individual, business, or government body is required to take or change any action as a result.