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International Forum on the Kindertransport
Eighty years after the British operation to provide a safe haven for 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Nazism, how should the Kindertransport be remembered? This is the central question that...
IHRA Project: Memory Laws and Safeguarding the Historical Record
In March, 2019, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) began its project on the topic of Memory laws’ under its five-year priority theme ‘Countering Holocaust Distortion and...
First trilateral educational seminar for history teachers from North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia held in Skopje
Around forty-five history teachers from North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia participated in the first trilateral educational seminar “The Holocaust as a starting point: comparing and sharing” held in...
IHRA Project: Recommendations on Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust
One essential tool created and promoted by the IHRA’s network of experts is a set of recommendations for educators and educational policymakers to consider when developing effective curricula and...
Commemoration to mark deportation of Jews held in Republic of North Macedonia
The 76th anniversary since the deportation of 7,144 Jews to the death camp Treblinka in 1943 was marked by numerous events and activities in Skopje, Bitola and Shtip on 10, 11 and 12 March 2019. The...
Event of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU on the combatting of Holocaust denial through memorial museums
On 13 March, 2019, the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU hosted an event dedicated to promoting Holocaust remembrance and combatting Holocaust denial through memorial museums in Bucharest....
Wiener Library seeks Director
Post Title: Director Hours: Full time Contract: Permanent Salary: To be agreed Closing date: 29 March 2019. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date. Expected Interview date...
Inauguration of the exhibition “State of Deception – The Power of Nazi Propaganda
On 1 February, 2019, the exhibition “State of Deception – The Power of Nazi Propaganda” was inaugurated at the Neumünster Abbey Cultural Exchange Center (Neimënster) in Luxembourg City. “State of...
IHRA Chair speaks at United Nations General Assembly
On 28 January, 2019, IHRA Chair, Ambassador Sandro De Bernardin, delivered a statement at the annual observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in...
Sites at Risk: Guidelines for Best Practice
On 1 February, 2019, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance will begin its project ‘Sites at Risk: Guidelines for Best Practice’ under its five-year priority theme ‘Countering Holocaust...