Czechs mark Holocaust Remembrance Day by public reading of victims’ names

Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished during the Second World War, is being marked around Czechia on Tuesday.

The annual public reading of names of both Jewish and Romani victims of the Holocaust is taking place in 24 cities across the country, starting at 2 p.m. In Prague the event is traditionally held on Náměstí Míru square in the city centre.

The event, which is held on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, is organised by the Terezín Initiative Institute.