“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
On 13 July, International Tracing Service Director Floriane Hohenberg gave a public lecture about the current refugee situation in Europe and the role of the ITS in raising awareness regarding issues such as war and persecution.
From 29-30 September 2016, an international symposium on combining history learning and Human Rights education will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
From 5-6 July 2016 training sessions for Romanian police officers on combatting antisemitism, discrimination and xenophobia were held in Ploiesti.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum publishes a guidebook on countering dangerous speech.
The Azrieli Foundation, in partnership with the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, is looking for volunteers that would be willing to be part of an innovative memoir project.
UNESCO and the Asia Pacific Centre of Education for Intercultural Understanding (APCEIU) are developing a new partnership to boost training for educators worldwide on the prevention of violent extremism.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has constructed a new IWitness (USC Shoah Foundation) activity in conjunction with the museum’s Some Were Neighbors exhibit.
On June 8, 2016 the Italian Parliament approved an amendment which increased the penalty for Holocaust denial.
The Centre for the Study of the Jewish History in Romania initiated a project focused on the lives of the numerous victims of the Iasi Pogrom.
POLIN: Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, receives top prizes for best museum 2016.