SANTA CRUZ — A communitywide commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held Tuesday at the Holocaust memorial in the Home of Peace Cemetery. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on Jan. 27 each year. International Holocaust Remembrance Day provided an opportunity to inaugurate the memorial, said Rabbi Debbie Israel, who led the ceremony. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel)A person attending Tuesday's Holocaust Remembrance ceremony brought a photos of members of their family that perished in the Holocaust. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel) Show Caption 1 of 3 Holocaust survivor Gitta Ryel, of Santa Cruz, right, attended Tuesday's ceremony with her niece Sharon Mullowney.