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Prime Minister of the Netherlands issues historic apology
On Sunday 26 January, Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, apologized for the failure of officials in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during the Second World war to do more to prevent the deportation and...
Commemorative Events in Republic of North Macedonia
On 27 January 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia, in cooperation with the Academy of Science and Art and the Holocaust Memorial Center, organized a Commemorative...
National Teacher Conference on the Holocaust under way in Croatia
The 17th National Teacher Conference Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust and the Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity will take place 28-31 January in Slavonski Brod, Croatia in commemoration...
From the Novi Sad Raid to the Liberation of Auschwitz
On 23 January, the international event "From the Novi Sad Raid to the Liberation of Auschwitz - How and Why we remember?", was held at the cultural centre of Novi Sad. The event was co-organized by...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Norway
The official national ceremony in Norway is held at the quayside from where the Jews living in Norway were brutally forced on board ships for deportation at the harbour in Oslo, in 1942. This happened...
Thirty-five countries adopt IHRA Ministerial Declaration
A world that remembers the Holocaust. A world without genocide On Sunday evening, ministers and representatives of 35 countries gathered in Brussels to reaffirm their commitment to this vision with...
IHRA 2020 Ministerial Declaration
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of German Nazi concentration and extermination camps and other sites of persecution and murder, we, the High Governmental Representatives of the...
Chelsea Football Club adopts working definition of antisemitism
Chelsea FC have announced that the club will officially adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, becoming the first sports team in the world to...
AJR unveils blue plaque in honor of Otto M. Schiff
Otto M. Schiff C.B.E., the founder, chair and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee (JRC), was honored yesterday when a blue plaque was unveiled at Woburn House, Tavistock Square, London. Woburn...
A growing IHRA Plenary adopts new recommendations
“The new recommendations show that the IHRA isn't just about talking and sharing best practices – but also about finding practical solutions to challenges in teaching and learning about the Holocaust...