“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
“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
The "Portugal and the Holocaust" conference is being held on 29-30 October 2012 at the Calouste Gulbenkian's Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal.
The conference's goal is to increase the body of academic knowledge, promote an understanding of the Holocaust and Portugal's role during that period, and to support Holocaust education in Portugal.
This conference brings together leading American, Portuguese, and other European specialists, scholars, and educators in the field.
More information, including the program and list of speakers, are available on the conference website in English and Portuguese.
There are also a number of public events taking place on 29 October for those not attending the conference. These include: