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Commemoration at Kalevi-Liiva
On 5 September 2017, a memorial event took place at Kalevi-Liiva killing site in Estonia where in 1942 the first transports with Jews from Theresienstad/Terezin arrived at the nearby Raasiku railway...
Joint educational seminar held
From 30 August to 1 September forty history teachers from Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia participated in the joint educational seminar entitled “The Holocaust as a starting...
Commemorating Sir Rudolf Bing
On 27 August, Frank Harding, Trustee of the Association of Jewish Refugees, unveiled a commemorative plaque to honour Sir Rudolf Bing, the founding Edinburgh International Festival Director. The...
Litzmannstadt Ghetto Model
Today traces of the former Litzmannstadt Ghetto are still present in the city of Łódź, but not all inhabitants are aware of the history of the ghetto. In 2015, the Museum of Independence Traditions in...
Slovakia remembers the victims of the Holocaust
On 9 September, 2017, Slovakia commemorates the "Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence". Established in 2000, the day marks the date in 1941 when the Slovak government...
Introducing IHRA to the UNESCO Latin American Network on Education
On 13 September, 2017, delegate Jennifer Ciardelli introduced the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) to the members of the UNESCO Latin American Network on Education about the...
Memory Building: Engaging Society in Self-Reflective Museums
From 14 - 18 October a conference entitled "Memory Building: Engaging Society in Self-Reflective Museums'' will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference is a joint endeavour between the Internation...
Graduate Student Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies
From 12-15 April 2018 the Strassler Center will host the Fourth International Graduate Student Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, in cooperation with the Research Institute of Contemporary...
Teacher Study Visit to Berlin
The Holocaust Educational Trust invites applications for its annual Teacher Study Visit to Berlin, an advanced level site-based Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course. 26-29 October 2017 Ap...
Professional Development for educators from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yad Vashem is currently running a professional development seminar for 30 educators from Serbia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the course of the seminar, Ms. Biljana Stojanovic of the Serbian...