Remembrance
IHRA Events In Trikala and Unveiling of the Holocaust Monument
On the occasion of this year’s Italian chairmanship of IHRA,the Italian Embassy in Greece, the Municipality of Trikala, the Greek Delegation to IHRA, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece...
National Holocaust Remembrance Day in Romania
On 9 October every year, Romania commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, by virtue of Government Decision 672 of 5 May 2004. The day signifies the beginning of the deportation of Jews to Transnistr...
National Holocaust Remembrance Day in Slovakia
On 9 September, 2018, Slovakia commemorated 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...
Unveiling of Luxembourg’s first monument honouring victims of the Holocaust
On 17 June, 2018, a monumental 4-meter high sculpture commemorating the victims of the Holocaust was inaugurated in Luxembourg City. It is a work by Shelomo Selinger, a French-Israeli artist of Polish...
Latvia commemorates Holocaust Victims
On 4 July 1941 in Gogola Street, Riga, the Choral Synagogue was burned to the ground by Nazis and local collaborators with people locked inside. This date that marked the beginning ofthe Holocaust in...
Holocaust Remembrance Activities in Greece in 2017
Although the Remembrance Day for the Holocaust Victims and Heroes (27th January) is an opportunity for several commemoration ceremonies all over Greece, fortunately this is not the only time that...
Cartoonist Michel Kichka Presents His New Graphic Novel at the UN
11 April 2018 Michel Kichka, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose work can be seen in Le Monde and other major media outlets, presented his graphic novel Second Generation-The Things I Didn...
Yad Vashem Exhibition: "I Left Everyone at Home"
In advance of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem has curated and uploaded a unique online exhibition featuring last letters sent by Jews from Nazi-occupied Europe in 1943....
Holocaust Memory in the Israeli Defense Forces
On 9 April, in the week leading up to Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, a daylong seminar was held at Yad Vashem for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). General Staff Forum, headed by IDF Chief of General...
Yom HaShoah Commemorated in Israel
Yom Hashoah is Israel's official commemoration day for the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. Yom Hashoah was commemorated on 11-12 April in 2018. Yom Hashoah is officially known as ...