“Our commitment must be to remember the victims who perished, respect the survivors still with us, and reaffirm humanity's common aspiration for mutual understanding and justice.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
IHRA News
AJR Commemorates Professor Sir Hans Krebs
22.05.2013
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is delighted to announce that a special commemorative plaque was unveiled on Monday 20 May at the Department of Biochemistry, part of the University of Oxford, to honor the life and work of Professor Sir Hans Krebs.
The Future of Holocaust Studies Conference
20.05.2013
The Universities of Southampton and Winchester will be hosting a conference entitled "The Future of Holocaust Studies" on 29-31 July 2013.
UN Holocaust Programme Holds Professional Development Workshop for Educators in New York
17.05.2013
Several members of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance presented effective methods and new tools for teaching the Holocaust at a day-long workshop for nearly 100 educators, organized by the Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme on 2 May 2013 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Call for Nominations to Wiener Library Seminar
15.05.2013
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies announce a call for nominations to a seminar for advanced undergraduate, master’s-level and first-year PhD students.
Book Presentation in Budapest
13.05.2013
Organized by the Holocaust Memorial Center and the Ács Városért Társaság, an NGO formed by local patriots in the town of Ács, a new book on the 1944 Strasshof deportations was presented at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Budapest on May 8, 2013.
5th Dialogforum Mauthausen
08.05.2013
The 5th Dialogforum Mauthausen took place on 6 and 7 May, focusing on the functions of a memorial site as a place of education and commemoration.
4 and 5 May Commemorations in the Netherlands
07.05.2013
The Netherlands annually commemorates World War II and Liberation Day on the 4th and 5th of May.
UNESCO Holds Regional Consultation in South America
06.05.2013
Recognizing the importance of raising awareness, respect for human rights, and transmitting the memory of tragic historical events to future generations in order to prevent genocide, UNESCO and the Ministry of Education of Argentina have organized a regional consultation on Holocaust and genocide education, to be held in Buenos Aires on 7-8 May 2013.
Austria Commemorates 5 May
05.05.2013
Austria’s national Memorial Day Against Violence and Racism in Memory of the Victims of National Socialism was commemorated on 5 May.
Switzerland Announces Contribution for Preservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
03.05.2013
Switzerland is contributing to the preservation of the former extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with a donation of one million euros to the foundation responsible for the maintenance of the site.
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