INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE
“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
Argentina has submitted its Country Report for the second half of 2011, as it has done every year since it became an ITF Member to fulfill its commitment under the Stockholm Declaration.
A statue dedicated to the Kindertransport was unveiled at the Hook of Holland on 30 November 2011.
The ITF is currently holding its Plenary meetings in The Hague under the Netherlands Chairmanship.
UNESCO will be presenting the symposium "Teaching Difficult Issues in Primary Schools: The Example of the Holocaust" in Paris on Thursday, 15 December 2011.
Last week, Israel Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev and Bavarian State Minister of Education and Culture Dr. Ludwig Spaenle signed a cooperation agreement in the sphere of education between Israel and Bavaria.
On 9 November, FRA and Yad Vashem launched a new educational initiative called the Toolkit on the Holocaust and Human Rights Education in the EU.
Several events will be held across Germany today to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the November 1938 pogroms.
Ambassador Karel de Beer, ITF Chair, writes a blog to share the work and activities of the Chairmanship. To read his newest post, please click below.
The Canadian government is asking for input from citizens on the planned National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa.
The White House announced President Obama's appointment of five new members to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council on 28 October 2011.