“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
Poland
Hungary and Poland
IHRA Chair Dr. Mario Silva, Advisor to the IHRA Professor Steven Katz, and Executive Secretary Dr. Kathrin Meyer are visiting Hungary and Poland this week for the commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Days on 16 and 19 April.
International Seminar in Cracow on the Roma and Sinti Genocide
01.08.2011
ITF Chair Ambassador Karel de Beer will be speaking at an international seminar on "The Roma and Sinti Genocide: Memory, Identity and Present-day Racism," which will be held on 1 August in Cracow, Poland.
Poland Pledges Funds for Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
04.08.2011
The Polish government has earmarked almost 8.5 million euros for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.
Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires and the Government of Poland Hold Seminar on Janusz Korczak
31.08.2012
The Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires and the Polish government inaugurated a seminar on Janusz Korczak on 21-22 August in Buenos Aires.
Polish Prime Minister Tusk appoints Yad Vashem Chairman Shalev Deputy Chairman of International Auschwitz Council
01.10.2012
The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, has appointed Chairman of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev as Deputy Chairman of the International Auschwitz Council.
Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research in Poland
Holocaust Memorial Days: 27 January, 19 April.
Yad Vashem gets access to Polish archives
07.09.2010
Israel's Holocaust museum Yad Vashem says it has reached an agreement with Poland that gives it access to World War II-era documents in 34 provincial archives across the eastern European country.
American Muslim leaders visit Auschwitz and Dachau
20.08.2010
Last week, eight Muslim leaders from communities across the United States took part in a trip to Dachau and Auschwitz as part of an initiative to foster interfaith understanding and awareness on the Holocaust, the Jewish Daily Forward reports. After the tour they issued a joint statement denouncing antisemitism, Holocaust denial and religious bigotry.
Warsaw Ghetto Fighters Monument Unveiled
25.05.2010
On May 13, the ceremony for the unveiling of the Monument Commemorating the Evacuation of Warsaw Ghetto Fighters took place at 51, Prosta Street in Warsaw.
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