When people hear the words Auschwitz, Hitler or even concentration camp, a shiver may run down their spine. Those words tell a story that can be easily translated into images of naked, malnourished men and women huddled together for warmth, or little lifeless bodies in gas chambers. The Holocaust was a turning point in our history, which prompted us to say “never again.”

Once the Holocaust was over in 1945, Jews wanted a day to memorialize the tragedy. After much debate, the 27th of Nisan was chosen, which is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month of the civil year on the Hebrew calender and within the time span of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Since the 27th of Nisan falls on either Friday or Sunday, Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on different dates each year.

This year, Sunday, April 11 will be Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hashoah, commemorating the millions of Jews whose lives met a tortuous end and those who showed unwavering heroism and survived. Although they were faceless numbers, the world honors the ashes that lay still in ponds, meadows and monuments.

Halogen’s emotional documentary, “Pola’s March” chronicles a Holocaust survivor’s journey back to an epic and painful experience in her life. The film carefully exposes Pola’s struggle to find peace out of her distant turmoil and celebrate the memories of her fellow courageous captives. Pola created a rare, open dialogue with the March of Living students, exploring Warsaw, Lublin, Plashow, Auschwitz and Birkenau. She shared her story to enlighten the students, hoping that the lessons of the Holocaust would be perpetuated by future generations.

Much like Pola, there are only a handful of survivors still alive, and they have spent decades educating young and old about the Holocaust. But many are dying each day, still haunted by the unspeakable acts. Now it’s our turn to remember.

So how will you celebrate Holocaust Remembrance Day? Sing hymns, attend a service at a synagogue, read poetry or observe a moment of silence with six lighted candles, one for each of the six million Jews killed? Whatever you do, perhaps also remember the other countless genocide tragedies and its victims around the world.