Sites of the Holocaust and the Genocide of the Roma
The rural Holocaust. Collecting and safeguarding the never recorded testimonies 100 forgotten Jewish graves
Seeking to combat the distortion of the Holocaust as a genocide which exclusively took place in ghettos and extermination camps, the “Forgotten” Foundation and its partners will locate previously...
Why do we need to safeguard sites?
by Safeguarding Sites Project Chair Gilly Carr The answer to the question of why we need to safeguard sites is something that we might feel instinctively, as something self-evident and obvious...
Mapping the Holocaust: Preservation of the Topovske Šupe camp
This scientific research project has developed a permanent record of the Topovske Supe concentration camp. The project team accomplished this by mapping, collecting archival and other documentation...
Shoah Atrocities Mapping -- Ukraine
This project will create an interactive online map of Holocaust killing sites in Ukraine, which will include sites identified through archival and on-site research. Highly relevant to the IHRA Grant...
A year in review: Safeguarding Sites
Zoltán Tóth-Heinemann In a year upended by a pandemic, how should one proceed with a project for which site visits, meetings and discussions with local stakeholders are critical? With most...
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...
Landscape-architectural competition “Lety: Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti in Bohemia” has a winner
The Museum of Romani Culture, s.p.o., has announced the winner of the landscape-architectural competition for the design of the future memorial “Lety: Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti...
New perspectives on past and present of former camp
Through its grant program, the IHRA seeks to increase the capacity of governments and non-governmental institutions to safeguard the record of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma. Tomislav...
Project for the preservation of Topovske Šupe is launched in Belgrade
The site Topovske Šupe was one of the first concentration camps for Jews and Roma in Europe, located close to the very centre of Belgrade. Today it is abandoned, unknown to the general public, with...
IHRA Delegation visits Alderney as part of project on safeguarding sites
From 25-28 September, the Safeguarding Sites project team visited the third largest Channel Island of Alderney for the first of their project fieldtrips. The team will be making formal visits to five...