Language: English
Question 220 · Federal question
January 27 is an official day of remembrance in Germany. What does this day commemorate?
German original (as asked in the real test)
Der 27. Januar ist in Deutschland ein offizieller Gedenktag. Woran erinnert dieser Tag?
- A an das Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges
- B an die Verabschiedung des Grundgesetzes
- C an die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands
- D an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Tag der Befreiung des Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz) ✓ Correct answer
Translation
January 27 is an official day of remembrance in Germany. What does this day commemorate?
- A the end of the Second World War
- B the adoption of the Basic Law
- C the reunification of Germany
- D the victims of National Socialism (Day of Liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp) ✓ Correct answer
Explanation
27 January is Germany's Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism, marking the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp.
Tips
- Link the date to Auschwitz and the Holocaust, not to the war's end or the Basic Law.
- 8 May marks the end of the war, 3 October marks reunification, both different dates entirely.
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