“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
Debate on the working definition of antisemitism
05.05.2017
On the 26 April 2017, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Elie Wiesel National Institute organized a debate marking one year since the Internatioanl Holocaust Remembrance Alliance adoption of the working definition of antisemitism.
Austrian Government adopts working definition of antisemitism
28.04.2017
On 25 April 2017 the Austrian Government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
UNESCO publishes policy guide on education about the Holocaust
27.04.2017
UNESCO has published a policy guide on Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide, with recommendations for educational stakeholders. The publication will serve as a resource for policy-makers, curriculum developers, textbooks writers and publishers, as well as educators.
International March of the Living
From left-right: President of the Jewish Community of Vienna, Oskar Deutsch, Director-General for Education and Culture at the European Commission, Martine Richerts, Minister of Education of Austria, Sonja Hammerschmid, IHRA Chair, Ambassador Benno Baetti
From left-right: IHRA Executive Secretary, Dr Kathrin Meyer, IHRA Chair, Ambassador Benno Baettig, Members of the Austrian Delegation to the IHRA, Martina Maschke and Michael Baier, and Member of the US Delegation to the IHRA, Mark Weitzman
Call for Papers: Holocaust Research and Archives in the Digital Age
24.04.2017
A special Issue of Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History on “Holocaust archives and research in the digital age”is to be published in June 2018. The publication is edited by Laura Brazzo (Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea, Milan) and Reto Speck (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam and King’s College London).
March of the Living
From 23-25 April the Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Ambassador Benno Bättig, and the IHRA Executive Secretary, Dr Kathrin Meyer, attended the International March of the Living in Poland at the invitation of Austrian Minister of Education, Sonja Hammerschmid.
Publication: "Escalating into the Holocaust"
18.04.2017
The final publication emerging from the project "Escalating into Holocaust" is now available online. The publication comprises a collection of selected works, presentations, lectures and articles gathered during 6 public events organized in Belgrade, Nis, Amsterdam, Kragujevac, Stockholm and Novi Sad during 2016 and 2017 within the framework of the project.
POLIN Museum gets EU Prize
17.04.2017
The Europa Nostra Awards are given by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, a federation of NGOs from 40 European countries dealing with cultural heritage. The POLIN Museum was honoured in the ‘Education, training and awareness raising’ category for its educational programme focusing on Jewish cultural heritage.
Human Rights After Hitler
03.04.2017
On 4 May The Wiener Library will host the launch of Dr Dan Plesch’s latest book, Human Rights After Hitler – The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes (Georgetown University Press, 2017).
Anne Frank House Chat-Bot Launched
03.04.2017
The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and Facebook have partnered to create a computer-generated bot which will allow people to "chat" with the Anne Frank House.
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