“We share a commitment to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to honour those who stood against it.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
IHRA News
International Conference on Genocide Prevention
31.03.2014
The International Conference on Genocide Prevention is taking place in Brussels from 31 March-1 April. The conference is hosted by the Belgian Government and jointly organized by the United Nations, African Union, the European Union, and Belgium.
Yad Vashem and UK Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission Sign Joint Letter of Intent
27.03.2014
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, visited Yad Vashem on 12 March.
USHMM Receives Gift to Advance Holocaust Studies
25.03.2014
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has received a $10 million gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation to ensure the growth, vitality, and impact of Holocaust studies in the United States and abroad.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event in Singapore
12.03.2014
The Canadian High Commission in Singapore hosted an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event on 21 February.
UNESCO Supports Recovery of the Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
05.03.2014
As an immediate response to the damages caused to the materials and collections of the Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina by a fire set on 7 February 2014, UNESCO launched an expert mission which took place over 3 days, from 19-21 February 2014, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The International Auschwitz Committee commemorates artist couple Felka Platek and Felix Nussbaum
27.02.2014
The International Auschwitz Committee has started the art project “Find Felka! Find Felix!” in remembrance of the artist couple Felka Platek and Felix Nussbaum, who were killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau in August 1944.
First Information Plaque in Memory of Deaf Jews
20.02.2014
On 25 November 2013 the first worldwide electronic and green information plaque in memory of deaf Jews who suffered during the Nazi era was inaugurated in Berlin.
Greek Ministry of Education and Religion Establishes Cooperation with the Jewish Museum of Greece
18.02.2014
On 22 January, a Memorandum of Cooperation between the General Secretariat of Religion of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion and the Jewish Museum of Greece was signed in Athens.
UK Prime Minister Launches Holocaust Commission
12.02.2014
Prime Minister Cameron launched a new UK Holocaust Commission the week of 27 January.
British Holocaust Education Website Receives Millionth Visitor
10.02.2014
Launched in January 2011 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, by the Secretary of State for Education, the London Jewish Cultural Centre’s The Holocaust Explained website has become a key educational resource in British schools for students aged 11 years to 16 years, supplementing and complementing the National Curriculum.
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