“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
Italy
Italy to chair the IHRA in 2018
On 10 November IHRA's 31 member countries accepted Italy's candidacy for the chairmanship of the IHRA in 2018.
Penalty increase for Holocaust denial
23.06.2016
On June 8, 2016 the Italian Parliament approved an amendment which increased the penalty for Holocaust denial.
IHRA Delegation in Vatican
On 3 March, the IHRA Chair attended meetings in the Vatican, accompanied by the IHRA Executive Secretary, Dr Kathrin Meyer, the Advisor to the IHRA, Professor Steven Katz, and by the Head of the Romanian Delegation to the IHRA, Ambassador Razvan Rusu.
'Young People Remember the Shoah'
10.12.2015
On 9 December in Florence, about 80 schoolchildren presented their works to commemorate the Holocaust as part of the national Italian competition "I giovani ricordano la Shoah" (Young people remember the Shoah).
European Symposium: Establishing a European Teaching Network on Shoah Education
17.12.2014
On 15 December 2014, graduates of Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies seminars met in Rome at a special symposium under the banner of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
IHRA-funded project adopted by Italian Ministry of Education
26.01.2015
Earlier this year, the Center for Research on Intercultural Relations at the Sacred Heart Catholic University in Italy, in cooperation with the USC Shoah Foundation in America, produced an online bilingual educational resource, “Giving Memory a Future,” with support from IHRA.
Definizione operativa del Negazionismo e della distorta rappresentazione dell’Olocausto
La presente definizione è espressione della consapevolezza del fatto che il negazionismo e la distorta rappresentazione dell’Olocausto debbano essere oggetto di sfida e denuncia a livello nazionale e internazionale e richiedere una disamina a livello globale. L’IHRA adotta dunque, quale strumento di lavoro, la seguente definizione operativa, legalmente non vincolante.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2014 in Italy
"Young People Remember Shoah" Exhibition
The exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Education and opened by the Minister of Education, Miss Maria Chiara Carrozza, on 22 January 2014
"Young People Remember Shoah" Exhibition
The exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Education and opened by the Minister of Education, Miss Maria Chiara Carrozza, on 22 January 2014
"Young People Remember Shoah" Exhibition
The exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Education and opened by the Minister of Education, Miss Maria Chiara Carrozza, on 22 January 2014
"Young People Remember Shoah" Exhibition
The exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Education and opened by the Minister of Education, Miss Maria Chiara Carrozza, on 22 January 2014
Quirinale Palace Ceremony
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano
Quirinale Palace Ceremony
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano
Quirinale Palace Ceremony
Quirinale Palace Ceremony
Quirinale Palace Ceremony
Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Delegation Members
Sandro De Bernardin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Head of Delegation
Giuseppe Pierro (Ministry of Education) – Deputy Head of Delegation
Simonette Della Seta (Advisor to the Italian Ambassador to Israel)- Communications Working Group
Sira Fatucci (Union of the Italian Jewish Communities) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Silvia Guetta (University of Florence) - Education Working Group
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