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International panel on Holocaust education hosted by US State Department
"The Holocaust, like any event, was not inevitable. It was the result of choices made. So how do we unpack and understand that?" asked Jennifer Ciardelli of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum...
Marking the International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism in Croatia
To commemorate the International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism and on the occasion of the remembrance of the November Pogrom, the Centre for Promotion of Tolerance and Preservation of Holocaust...
Digital commemoration of the November Pogrom
This year, 9 November marks 82 years since the beginning of the November Pogrom. Over the course of two days in 1938, hundreds of synagogues were burned, Jewish homes and businesses ransacked, and...
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...
National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations in Romania
9 October marks the day that deportations of Romanian Jews to Trandsniestria began in 1941. Today, it represents the date of National Holocaust Remembrance Day in Romania. Established by Government...
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...
Finland Supreme Court bans Neo-Nazi group
Following a series of court battles that began in 2017, the Supreme Court of Finland ruled this week to uphold a ban on the neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement (PVL). This makes Finland, who has...
Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking Podcast
This week, the Hollywood press announced that Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to bring the story of the Kindertransport to a mass global audience when he stars in a forthcoming biopic about Sir Nicholas...
Commemoration events for Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence in Slovakia
On 9 September 2020, Slovakia commemorates the Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence. Established in 2000 by the Slovak Parliament, the day marks the date in 1941 when the...