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New article on usable pasts by IHRA Honorary Chairman Yehuda Bauer
“Distortion of the past rests on a combination of truth and invention,” says IHRA’s Honorary Chairman, Yehuda Bauer, in a recently published article. This article, which was published in the Israel...
5 things to know about the IHRA Grant program
For over ten years, the IHRA’s Grant program has funded projects that further the causes of Holocaust education, research and remembrance. And now, the 2021 grant call is officially open. This...
The IHRA adopts working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
BERLIN, 08.10.2020 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) today announces the adoption of an internationally accepted non-legally binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti...
The IHRA's 34 Member Countries adopt working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
Following years of consultations and negotiations, the IHRA's 34 Member Countries adopted a non-legally binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination on 8 October 2020 during an...
Identifying and recognizing Holocaust denial and distortion
In recent years, there has been a marked rise in Holocaust denial and distortion, both online and off. The Global Task Force Against Holocaust Distortion, as initiated by the German Presidency of the...
Digital Platform Recording Cultural Genocide and Killing Sites in Jewish Cemeteries
During the Holocaust, Jewish cemeteries across Europe were desecrated by the Nazis and their collaborators in an attempt to erase Jewish culture. Some of these spaces, central to Jewish religious life...
Roma Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration events – 2 August 2020
On the night of 2 August 1944, the “family camp” for Roma at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liquidated, and thousands of remaining men, women and children held there were gassed. Today, 2 August marks the...
The IHRA unanimously adopts Statement condemning rehabilitation
BERLIN, 07.07.2020 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), today has announced their adoption of a statement globally condemning attempts to rehabilitate the reputations of those...
IHRA from Berlin: New working definition enters final phase as Plenary condemns rehabilitation
On Thursday, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance successfully concluded its semiannual Plenary meetings of renowned experts, civil society, and government representatives. As a first for...
IHRA Statement on Rehabilitation
Adopted at the 2020 IHRA Berlin Plenary during the German Presidency The IHRA condemns all attempts to rehabilitate the reputations of persons who were complicit in the crimes of the Holocaust and...
