Borough Hall Illuminated To Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

KEW GARDENS, QUEENS — Queens Borough Hall glowed yellow on Thursday night to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The building is one of five citywide that Mayor Eric Adams illuminated to mark the annual memorial day, which commemorates the victims of the Holocaust on the day when the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated in 1945.

"Today, we remember the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, and vow to Never Forget," said Mayor Adams, echoing a commemorative sentiment often used in the wake of international tragedies.

In addition to illuminating citywide buildings as a memorial, Adams said that New York City "stands united in our opposition to antisemitism in all its forms and will always stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our Jewish brothers and sisters against hate."

He also affirmed the importance of Holocaust education, especially amid a spike in hate crimes last summer in a news statement.

City Council Member Lynn Schulman, whose district encompasses Queens Borough Hall, also issued a statement on Thursday, noting that while the Holocaust happened decades ago "the evil of antisemitism is still with us in our country in our cities and in our communities.

"We must unite against this hatred and we must never forget," she said.