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In comments on Tuesday night at a service commemorating victims of the Nazi Holocaust, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the resurgence of anti-Semitism, urging people around the world to “stand firm against hate and bigotry anywhere and everywhere.”
The UN head said he was alarmed to learn that barely half of adults worldwide have heard of the Holocaust, which saw the murder of 6 million Jews, comprising one-third of the Jewish people, and millions of others during World War II.
The lack of knowledge among the younger generation “is worse still,” he said.
“Our response to ignorance must be education,” Guterres said. “Governments