Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon and Marianne Miller
President Herzog, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon and Holocaust survivor Marianne Miller will represent the State of Israel at UN events this coming week.
Marianne Miller: “I speak not only in my name, but in the name of the six million Jews who were murdered and who are watching us from the heavens”
International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations will be commemorated this year with the inauguration of an exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, followed by a special memorial ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly attended by President Herzog and Holocaust survivor Marianne Miller, who was invited by Ambassador Danon.
Holocaust survivor and educator Marianne Miller will address the United Nations General Assembly on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The event will be held on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 11:00 AM EST (6:00 PM Israel Time).
Marianne Miller
Born in Budapest during World War II, Miller endured the horrors of the Holocaust, including the forced separation of her family and the murder of multiple close relatives. Despite the unimaginable hardships, she survived and later dedicated her life to educating future generations about the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred and intolerance.
This year marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, where over 1.2 million people, including 400,000 Hungarian Jews, were murdered. Miller will highlight the need for vigilance against rising antisemitism and the imperative to preserve the memory of the Holocaust for future generations. She will deliver her remarks accompanied by her four children and seven grandchildren.
Holocaust Survivor Marianne Miller: “From the bottom of my heart, I thank our Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, who made my dream come true to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations. I look to the sky, to my parents and to all the six million people I came to represent, who can no longer tell their story. I want to tell the whole world what happened to the Jewish people because I was there. I came all the way from Israel so that everyone knows that it really happened—and so that it could never happen again.”
Miller’s journey to the UN began following her participation in the 2024 International March of the Living, where she shared her story of survival with thousands of participants joining commemorative marches through both Budapest in Hungary and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. There, she expressed her dream of addressing world leaders at the UN to tell her story.
Following the march, Revital Yakin-Krakovsky, Deputy CEO of the International March of the Living, approached Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, who worked to make the dream a reality.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said: “I am delighted to host Marianne Miller here at the UN building. Marianne, it is very important that on International Holocaust Day your story will be heard and the world will see that we do not forget what happened to the Jewish people, nor do we forget who was behind those heinous crimes.”
Revital Yakin-Krakovsky, Deputy CEO of the International March of the Living, said: “Marianne is a voice of hope, optimism, love, and strength. She carries the stories of those who were brutally murdered by the Nazis while representing the resilience of the survivor generation. I thank Ambassador Danon for his dedication in helping Marianne realize her dream of speaking on the world’s most important stage.”
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