Trump declares Holocaust remembrance day to be extended from one to seven days
Trump issued a declaration on the Holocaust Day
On April 23, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a declaration on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.
Earlier this year, our country solemnly celebrated the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, during which we honored the memory of mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, grandparents, whose future was barbarously torn apart in Nazi-occupied Europe. In these Holocaust Remembrance Days, we once again honor the memory of every Holocaust survivor who passed on his wisdom to younger generations. Today and every day we undertake to preserve their stories.
Unfortunately, our country has witnessed the most terrible outbreak of anti-Semitism on American soil in recent generations. Almost every day after the deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, American Jews were threatened - a reminder that the poison of anti-Semitism, unfortunately, still exists.
For this reason, my administration proudly defends the simple truth that anti-Semitism has no place in a civilized society. As president, I signed a decree ordering the federal government to use all available and relevant legal tools to combat the surge in anti-Semitic persecution in our schools and college campuses, including by expelling foreigners who violate our laws. We are also firmly committed to investigating and promptly punishing all cases of anti-Semitic discrimination in the left, anti-American colleges and universities.
In these Holocaust Remembrance Days, we reflect on the grim insult to human dignity inflicted by the Nazis. We cherish the eternal memory of all those whose lives were lost due to the deadly disaster of anti-Semitism. First of all, we swear never to forget the atrocities of the Holocaust. We declare that never again means now.
That's why I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, hereby asks the people of the United States to observe Holocaust Remembrance Days from April 20 to 27, 2025 and the solemn anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps with appropriate study, prayers and commemoration and to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, remembering the lessons of this atrocity so that it will never happen again.