5 things to remember on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Six million Jews, including 1.5 million children, were exterminated in the Holocaust. The death camp survivors, who endured unimaginable suffering, have inspired us all with their spirit and will to live. The courage of Denmark, as well as Albania, Bulgaria, and Finland, for their efforts to protect their own Jewish communities. The absence of an Israel in those war-time years that, had it existed, would have provided a haven when so few countries were willing to accept Jewish refugees. The determination and sacrifice of the Allied nations, which vanquished the Third Reich.