“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
Remembrance
Italian Prime Minister Attends Commemoration Ceremony in Rome
02.11.2012
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti addressed a commemoration ceremony on 16 October marking the 69th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of Roman Jews to Auschwitz.
Commemoration Ceremony Held for French Jews Deported to Tallinn
08.11.2012
A commemoration ceremony was held on Thursday, 1 November 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia for the 300 French Jews that were deported to Tallinn during World War II.
Serbia Commemorates National Remembrance Day of the Roma Genocide
19.12.2012
Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Ivica Dacic headed the central state commemorative ceremony on the occasion of marking the National Remembrance Day of Roma Genocide in World War II.
Inauguration of Memorial Plaque from Turkey in Memory of Bergen-Belsen Victims
14.01.2013
A ceremony was held on 9 December 2012 to inaugurate a memorial plaque dedicated to the memory of eight Turkish Jewish and non-Jewish citizens who were victims of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
IHRA Chair’s Statement on the EU Incorporating International Holocaust Remembrance Day into its Official Calendar
18.01.2013
As Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA, formerly the ITF), I would like to express my appreciation for the European Union's placement of 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on its official calendar.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013
23.01.2013
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated worldwide on 27 January in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On 27 January 1945, the advancing Red Army entered the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp complex, liberating more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were for the most part ill or dying.
ECB to Construct Holocaust Memorial in Frankfurt
17.03.2011
The President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claud Trichet unveiled last week the winning design for an upcoming Holocaust memorial at its new headquarters in Frankfurt.
Mass Graves: ITF Publication
16.02.2011
In June 2010, the Plenary agreed with the prposal of the ITF's Memorials and Museums Working Group (MMWG) to support the initiative of the MMWG to compile a report on the issue of the mass graves and killing sites in the eastern part of Europe. Compiled by Dr.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011
27.01.2011
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated worldwide on 27 January in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On 27 January 1945, the advancing Red Army entered the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp complex, liberating more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were for the most part ill or dying. Days earlier, the SS had forced nearly 60,000 prisoners to evacuate the camp and embark on the infamous 'Death Marches,' in which many thousands lost their lives.
Virtual Museums: ITF Publication
20.01.2011
The work of the ITF's Memorials and Museums Working Group (MMWG) is focused on forms of cultural remembrance that seek to anchor the Holocaust in the collective memory of contemporary and future societies.
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