“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
Belgium
Handover Speeches
Miss the IHRA’s Handover Ceremony on 5 March in Berlin? Listen to the speeches by Ambassador Deboutte, Minister Kenney, and Dr. Silva.
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Ambassador Renier Nijskens of Belgium
Ambassador Renier Nijskens of Belgium
Ambassador de Beer and Ambassador Deboutte
Ambassador de Beer and Ambassador Deboutte
Ambassador de Beer and Ambassador Deboutte
Ambassador de Beer and Ambassador Deboutte
Ambassador Karel de Beer
Ambassador Karel de Beer
Ambassador Jan Deboutte
Ambassador Jan Deboutte
Ambassador Jan Deboutte
Dr. Daniel Libeskind
Dr. Daniel Libeskind introduces the new logo
Dr. Daniel Libeskind introduces the new logo
Dr. Daniel Libeskind and Mrs. Nina Libeskind
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Handover Ceremony 6 March 2012
Embassy of Belgium and Topography of Terror Host Lecture on Belgian Resistance During World War II
05.04.2012
The Topography of Terror hosted a lecture and discussion on resistance and repression in Belgium during World War II in cooperation with the Belgian Embassy in Berlin on 27 March.
Handover Ceremony, 5 March 2013
Belgian Chair Ambassador Jan Deboutte speaks at the handover ceremony
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Belgian Chair Ambassador Jan Deboutte speaks at the handover ceremony
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Handover Ceremony at the Embassy of Canada in Berlin
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Minister Kenney speaks at the handover ceremony
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Belgian Chair Ambassador Jan Deboutte
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Canadian Chair Dr. Mario Silva
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Canadian Chair Dr. Mario Silva addresses the handover ceremony
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Handover Ceremony at the Embassy of Canada in Berlin
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Ambassador Deboutte, Minister Kenney, and Dr. Silva
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Ambassador Deboutte and Minister Kenney
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Handover of the IHRA gavel to the Canadian Chairmanship
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Ambassador Deboutte, IHRA Executive Secretary Dr. Kathrin Meyer, Minister Kenney, and Dr. Silva
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Ambassador Deboutte, Minister Kenney, and Dr. Silva at the handover ceremony
Credit: Embassy of Canada/T. Good
Train of 1000
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Credit: Elio Di Rupo
Train of 1000
09.05.2012
The "Train of 1000" arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on 8 May to commemorate the date of the liberation of Europe.
Plenary Meetings in Mechelen, June 2012
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Credit: Government of Flanders
Outcome of International Conference "National Police Forces in Europe and the Holocaust 1939-1945"
01.08.2012
The report and abstracts from the academic conference National Police Forces in Europe and the Holocaust 1939-1945, held in Mechelen on the occasion of the Belgian Chairmanship, are now available online.
City of Antwerp Commemorates Anniversary of Deportations
16.08.2012
On 15 August 2012, a commemorative ceremony was held in Antwerp City Hall to mark the date of the first deportations of Jewish citizens in 1942.
Kazerne Dossin Inauguration Ceremony Held in Mechelen, Belgium
07.09.2012
On Tuesday, 4 September, the Memorial Dossin Barracks along with the new Museum Square and the Goswin de Stassartstraat were inaugurated in an opening ceremony attended by Minister-President Kris Peeters, Mayor of Mechelen Bart Somers, and ITF Chair Ambassador Jan Deboutte.
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