The day is observed by European Union nations, Canada, United States and other countries in remembrance of the victims of mass execution under totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, during the Nazi and Fascist rules.
The observation of the day aims to promote democratic values and to create awareness against authoritarian ideologies similar to Nazism, fascist, Stalinist and other oppressive regimes.
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