“We share a commitment to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to honour those who stood against it.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
IHRA Honorary Chairman awarded Natioanl Order for Mertis
13.05.2016
On 25 May 2016, IHRA Honorary Chairman Yehuda Bauer was awarded the National Order for Merit by the President of Romania, H.E. Klaus Iohannis.
The award was given as a sign of appreciation for Professor Bauer's long-standing efforts in the field of Holocaust research and education, and particularly for his work with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
The award ceremony took place at the Residence of the President of Romania, Cotroceni Palace, on the eve of the first IHRA Plenary session under the Romanian Chairmanship in Bucharest, in the presence of IHRA delegates and the diplomatic corps.
Romania holds the IHRA Chairmanship from March 2016 until March 2017. For more information on activities connected to Holocaust research, remembrance and education in Romania, please click here.
For information on the IHRA Plenary meetings taking place in Bucharest from 23-26 May, please click here.