“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
International Auschwitz Committee Presents Sculpture “To B Remembered”
09.07.2013
The International Auschwitz Committee’s sculpture “To B Remembered” opened to the public on 12 June 2013 in Berlin.
Holocaust Educators Study Tour
04.07.2013
As part of the educational activities of the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, twenty Canadian educators will take part in an intensive study tour to Vienna and Poland from 2-12 July 2013.
Memory Project Exhibition Opens at Galicia Jewish Museum
02.07.2013
The Memory Project exhibition at the Galicia Jewish Museum opened on 1 July as part of the events for the 23rd Jewish Culture Festival.
Holocaust Museum Opens in Slovenia
27.06.2013
On 2 June 2013, the first Holocaust museum in Slovenia was opened in the Lendava Synagogue.
UNESCO Adds New Inscriptions to the Memory of the World Register
21.06.2013
Pages of Testimony Collection, Archives of the International Tracing Service, Diaries of Anne Frank, and the Warsaw Ghetto Archives are the Memory of the World collections related to the Holocaust that were among 54 new additions to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
Switzerland Launches a New Web Portal on Nazi Looted Art
19.06.2013
An international conference (program) was organized in Berne on 17 June 2013 to introduce a new web portal on Nazi looted art.
Remembering the Holocaust: Stimulating Dialogue in Argentina and Paraguay
18.06.2013
In the presence of over 1000 members of the Jewish Women's Network, on March 21 Canadian Ambassador Gwyneth Kutz joined the Israeli Ambassador in Argentina at AMIJAI Synagogue to announce a full-year programme in partnership with Delegation of Jewish Community Institutions (DAIA) to mark Canada's accession to the chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Opening of Kindertransport Exhibition at the Wiener Library
14.06.2013
On 13 June 2013, the Wiener Library in London launched the temporary exhibition "Child Refugees: Five Portraits from the Kindertransport."
Opening of New Permanent Exhibition “Shoah” in Auschwitz-Birkenau
11.06.2013
On Thursday, 13 June 2013 the new Permanent Exhibition "Shoah" in Block 27 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum will open in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate and Exhibition Curator Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski, Israeli and Polish officials and Holocaust survivors.
"Cintor" Event in Maribor
23.05.2013
On 23 May 2013, the Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor organised a literary-musical evening "Cintor," which took place in Maribor to commemorate the 69th anniversary of mass deportations of Jews from the Prekmurje region to concentration camps.
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