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Learn about recent IHRA activities and upcoming events.
26 Mar 2025
Time to read: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
The work must go on: 25 years of the Stockholm Declaration
This reflection looks back at the 2000 Stockholm Declaration, whose principles have shaped Holocaust education, research, and remembrance globally. While IHRA’s work has since grown to include new focus areas and tools, the Declaration remains a foundational document in building international commitment.
01 Mar 2022
Swedish Presidency 2022
All speeches and statements by the Swedish Presidency of the IHRA in 2022 can be found here.
08 Feb 2022
Time to read: 3 mins
Bulgaria commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On 27 January 2022, Bulgaria marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in a commemoration ceremony held in Aula Magna of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, the oldest and biggest university in the country.
07 Feb 2022
Time to read: 2 mins
Estonia unveils memorial for Holocaust victims in Tallinn
On 27 January 2022 a memorial was unveiled at the Liiva Cemetery in Tallinn in memory of Estonian Jews who were murdered in an anti-tank trench in the city.
27 Jan 2022
Time to read: 2 mins
UK to make all its Holocaust records accessible for research and study
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the UK government is to make all its records related to the Holocaust available to the public for research and study purposes.
24 Jan 2022
Time to read: 5 mins
What is Holocaust distortion and why is it a problem?
Holocaust distortion is an urgent and growing issue. IHRA experts have identified ten main forms in Recognizing and Countering Holocaust Distortion: Recommendations for Policy and Decision Makers.
20 Jan 2022
Time to read: 2 mins
Share the reasons why you remember this International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Commemorated on 27 January, the day Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet forces in 1945, International Holocaust Remembrance Day invites us to learn about and reflect upon the lived experiences of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
08 Dec 2021
Time to read: 6 mins
A Charter for the specificities of Holocaust Heritage
The IHRA Charter for Safeguarding Sites will directly address the complexities of past memory with its practical and inter-disciplinary approach – rarely accounted for in general heritage charters.
02 Dec 2021
Time to read: 1 min
Conference registration open for “Jasenovac Past and Present: History and Memory of Institutionalized Destruction”
Recent scholarship has allowed for international experts to approach a consensus on life and death in the Jasenovac camp complex, which will form the focus of an upcoming online conference, Jasenovac Past and Present: History and Memory of Institutionalized Destruction, to be held on 15–17 December 2021.
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