“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 opening session of the ITF Plenary meeting in The Hague included a film by Dutch students Zoë Hanselaar and Charlotte Bouwman that documented their experience on the 2011 Holocaust Memorial Tour.
A statue dedicated to the Kindertransport was unveiled at the Hook of Holland on 30 November 2011.
From 26 - 30 October 2011, Amsterdam's Jewish Film Festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary by showcasing a musically themed program entitled Music in Motion.
Marking the Dutch Chair 2011 of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research (ITF) and preceding the Plenary meetings in The Hague, the Dutch members of the ITF Working Groups are organizing a conference entitled, "The Uses, Misuses and Abuses of the Holocaust Paradigm."
The Netherlands commemorates World War II and Liberation Day on the 4th and 5th of May every year.
The Anne Frank House and Yahad-In Unum are presenting a seminar entitled "Teaching the Holocaust by Bullets: Witnesses, Archives, and Investigations." This seminar will take place on 6-8 July, 2011 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Former IHRA Chair Ambassador Karel de Beer's Blog
Netherlands Chairmanship 2011
Ambassador Karel de Beer started a new blog in 2011 to share the work and activities of the Chairmanship.
On 24 March 2011, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports of the Netherlands, in conjunction with the Ständige Konferenz der Leiter der NS-Gedenkorte im Berliner Raum, will be holding a conference entitled "Erbe des Zweiten Weltkriegs" ("Legacy of the Second World War") in Berlin.