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Luxembourg signs agreement on Outstanding Holocaust Asset Issues
On 27 January, Luxembourg signed an agreement with the Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg (Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg) on outstanding Holocaust asset issues. The signatories were the Prime...
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 commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021
Remembering the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust is the responsibility not only of governments, but of societies as a whole. On 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day...
The Wiener Holocaust Library launches "Testifying to the Truth" sharing eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2021, The Wiener Holocaust Library have launched their new digital resource, Testifying to the Truth. This database shares eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust, many...
IHRA Chair speaks at B'nai B'rith commemoration event
“Remembrance plays a critical role in fighting the persistent forces of antisemitism and Holocaust denial and distortion. This is because remembrance ties us fundamentally to the facts, to what took...
The IHRA, the United Nations and UNESCO commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021
Marking the date of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp by Soviet forces on 27 January 1945, International Holocaust Remembrance Day calls upon us all to reflect on...
Austria presents National Strategy against Antisemitism
On 21 January 2021, Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler, Federal Minister for European Affairs Karoline Edtstadler and the President of the Vienna Jewish Community Oskar Deutsch presented the Austrian...
The IHRA partners with the European Commission, the UN and UNESCO to raise global awareness of how to counter Holocaust distortion
This month, the IHRA will launch three important international initiatives, essential pieces to furthering the IHRA’s work of raising awareness of Holocaust distortion on multiple fronts: 19...
IHRA Grant recipient #FakeImages to open
Having been closed during Belgium's second lockdown, the memorial site, museum, and research center Kazerne Dossin is now preparing to open the doors to its brand new exhibition, #FakeImages. Stere...
Italian government amends racial persecution and compensation laws
Important changes to the law governing how victims of racial persecution in Italy and their relatives could seek compensation were made on 30 December, the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) a...