“We share a commitment to throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
Poland
Contribute to the Map of World Remembrance
19.12.2014
27 January 2015 will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Roma and Sinti Genocide Remembrance Day
04.08.2014
On 2 August 2014 over 1,000 people gathered at Auschwitz II-Birkenau to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called "Gypsy Family Camp" where in 1944 nearly 3,000 Roma and Sinti were killed.
23rd March of the Living
01.05.2014
Approximately ten thousand people – young Jews from all around the world, but also a 2,000 strong group of Polish youth – participated on April 28 in the 23rd March of the Living at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Memory Project Exhibition Opens at Galicia Jewish Museum
02.07.2013
The Memory Project exhibition at the Galicia Jewish Museum opened on 1 July as part of the events for the 23rd Jewish Culture Festival.
Opening of New Permanent Exhibition “Shoah” in Auschwitz-Birkenau
11.06.2013
On Thursday, 13 June 2013 the new Permanent Exhibition "Shoah" in Block 27 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum will open in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate and Exhibition Curator Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski, Israeli and Polish officials and Holocaust survivors.
New Post: Chair's Blog
Learn more about the activities of IHRA Chair Dr. Mario Silva in his latest blog post below.
Museum of the History of Polish Jews Opens in Warsaw
26.04.2013
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews officially opened on 19 April 2013 on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
IHRA Visit to Poland
IHRA Visit to Poland
Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jerzy Pomianowski with IHRA Chair Dr. Mario Silva, Advisor to the IHRA Professor Steven Katz, and Canadian Ambassador Alexandra Bugailiskis
IHRA Visit to Poland
IHRA Chair and Advisor to the IHRA with Canadian Ambassador Alexandra Bugailiskis
IHRA Visit to Poland
IHRA Chair Dr. Mario Silva with a fighter and survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Delegation Members
Maciej Pisarski (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Deputy Head of Delegation
Grzegors Berendt (Institute of National Remembrance) - Academic Working Group
Alicja Bialecka (Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Grzegorz Chorąży (Ministry of National Education)- Education Working Group
Malgorzata Skorka (Ministry of National Education) – Education Working Group
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