City Hall, Other City Buildings to be Lit Yellow Tonight in Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Anguish of Liberation,’ Exhibit. City Hall. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.

City Hall to Feature Exhibition Marking 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation with Survivor Artwork from Yad Vashem Collection

City Hall and other municipal buildings will be lit yellow tonight in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. First designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005, International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. Additionally, to mark this significant 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, City Hall will host a powerful exhibition titled “The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art” in the City Hall Rotunda for the next week.

In addition to City Hall, the following city buildings will be lit up yellow starting tonight at sundown:

• Bronx Borough Hall: 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
• The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building: 1 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007
• Queens Borough Hall: 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11424
• Staten Island Borough Hall: 10 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301