“We share a commitment to throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
IHRA News
IHRA Diplomatic Briefing
On 14 September the second IHRA diplomatic briefing took place in Bucharest, marking the half-way point in the Romanian IHRA Chairmanship.
IHRA Delegation received by Minister Com?nescu
Incoming IHRA Chair, Ambassador Benno Baettig, meets Minister Comănescu
Sir Andrew Burns and Ambassador Michael Baier meet Minister Comănescu
IHRA Executive Secretary, Dr Kathrin Meyer, Minister Comănescu, IHRA Chair, Ambassador Constantinescu
IHRA delegation
Minister Laz?r Com?nescu
On 13 September the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Lazăr Comănescu, received a delegation of representatives of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Visual History Archive Launch
15.09.2016
On Thursday 29 September the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre will launch access to the Visual History Archive.
Hosenfeld/ Szpilman Prize 2017
15.09.2016
Under the patronage of the former Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and the former German President Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog, the Leuphana University of Lüneburg awards the Hosenfeld/Szpilman Prize for the seventh time, donated by the foundation Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft (EVZ).
AJR honours Sir Rudolf Bing
07.09.2016
As part of the their 75th anniversary celebrations The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is delighted to announce that it unveiled a special commemorative plaque in honour of Sir Rudolf Bing at Glyndebourne on Wednesday 17 August.
Genocide after the Holocaust
06.09.2016
From 8 Nov 2016 to Tue 17 Jan 2017 the Wiener Library will offer a ten-week evening course led by Professor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Kingston University, Philip Spencer.
Attack on Roma Community
The Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance strongly condemns the attack on the Roma Community in Loschchynivka, Ukraine.
Yehuda Bauer Grant
29.08.2016
Following the success of their Raphael Lemkin for Genocide Prevention seminars which first took place in 2008, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) has turned its sights towards Latin America, supported by the IHRA Grant Programme.
Blog: Lety u Pisku
On 12 July an International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) delegation including the IHRA Chair, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, attended high level meetings in the Czech Republic to discuss the future of the former concentration camp site of Lety u Pisku where a pig farm currently stands. Martina Maschke, Chair of the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma and Mirjam Karoly, ODIHR's Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues formed part of the delegation and reflect below on their visit to the site.
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