In collaboration with the German Embassy and UN in Ghana, the embassy commemorated the 2023 International Holocaust Memorial Day under the theme “Home and Belonging.”

The 2023 theme explores how victims adjusted their ideas of “home” and “belonging” as they faced the violent, antisemitic onslaught during the Holocaust, and what “home” and “belonging” meant to survivors in the immediate post-war years. It also highlights the humanity of the Holocaust victims and survivors, who had their home and sense of belonging ripped from them by the perpetrators of the Holocaust. The violence of exclusion began with disinformation and hate speech that lent support to systemic injustice and discrimination, and marginalization and ended with genocidal killing. 

Key speakers at the event stressed on the need for more tolerance, co-existence and peace over hatred, hate speech, anti-Semitism and genocide in the world. 

Addressing the guests at the event, H. E. Shlomit Sufa expressed that “in our commemoration today, I would like to reflect on the issue of hatred in the world. I have been asking myself over and over again, how did humanity come to a point where genocide was made so legitimate that such a massive effort was made to wipe out a race in the most inhumane way possible?”

She therefore reminded participants of their “responsibility to stand up against inhumane crimes, hate speech, antisemitism, Holocaust distortion, denial, and prejudice.”

This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day also focused on the screening of the Film “Where is Anne Frank.”  The film reflects the diary of Anne Frank and her imaginary friend, Kitty. In his new animated film Israeli director, Ari Folman brings Kitty to life for the first time, telling her own story. 

The event was attended by members from the Diplomatic Community, Government of Ghana officials and students from Junior and Senior High Schools.

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