Winnipeg remembering the loss of 6 million Jews

The flags at city hall are flying at half-mast to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Mayor Brian Bowman tweeted today that Winnipegers are remembering "more than 6 million Jews, & countless others, murdered during the Holocaust."

75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Winnipeggers remember more than 6 million Jews, & countless others, murdered during the Holocaust. We also honour the survivors, & the brave men & women who fought for freedom. Flags at City Hall are at half-mast. #WeRemember pic.twitter.com/5B2faId3FX

— Mayor Brian Bowman (@Mayor_Bowman) January 27, 2020

Groups such as the Winnipeg Jewish Federation and Rady JCC are remembering their ancestor with memorials and sharing facts about the Holocaust.

It is impossible to have an exact count of lives lost during the Holocaust, but it is estimated that over 6 million people perished due to the persecution.

On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the camp, freeing the 60,000 prisoners being kept at the death camp. The United States Holocaust Museum estimates that of the 1.3 million people transported to Auschwitz 1.1 million were murdered at the camp.