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5 important facts about Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Twitter
A visitor looks at the display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on the international Holocaust remembrance day Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The International Holocaust remembrance day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Jan. 27, 1945.
A visitor looks at the display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on the international Holocaust remembrance day Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The International Holocaust remembrance day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Jan. 27, 1945. | AP Photo/Dan Balilty

Today marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, an annual international observance that honors the memory of the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.

Here are five important facts about Holocaust Remembrance Day, including why Jan. 27 is the date for the international observance, why Israel observes it on a different day, and how much Americans know about the World War II-era genocide.

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