News and events
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.
10 Sep 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
Slovakia commemorates the Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence
On 9 September 2021, Slovakia commemorated the Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence.
07 Sep 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
IHRA Delegation visits Mauthausen-Gusen and Gunskirchen former concentration camps by Safeguarding Sites Project Chair Gilly Carr
The Safeguarding Sites Project aims to visit five sites over the course of five years to gain insight on best practice for site management and preservation of sites of the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma. This insight informs its Charter for Best Practice.
02 Sep 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
Project aims to raise awareness about the Holocaust in Lithuania
This year, the national project “The Road of Memory 1941-2021” will be organized from June to December, following the calendar of the destruction of Jewish communities in 36 individual towns and cities.
25 Aug 2021
Time to read: 4 mins
Call for entries: Simon Wiesenthal Prize for civic engagement to combat antisemitism and promote Holocaust education
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, established at the Austrian Parliament, is inviting individuals and groups from civil society to submit entries for the Simon Wiesenthal Prize.
30 Jul 2021
Time to read: 6 mins
Commemoration events for Roma Genocide Remembrance Day 2021
Commemoration events play a significant role in advancing remembrance of this genocide and in countering anti-Roma discrimination.
19 Jul 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
Eight recommendations to safeguard sites presented to Alderney community
The five-year plan devised by the IHRA’s Safeguarding Sites Project is intended to help safeguard the record in a sensitive manner empathetic to the Alderney community.
16 Jul 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
Former IHRA Chair and delegates take part in Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism
The 7th Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism, held virtually and in person in Jerusalem from 14–15 July 2021, saw interventions by former IHRA Chair Ambassador Michaela Küchler, as well as a number of IHRA delegates from around the world.
12 Jul 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
Draft guidelines for Monitoring Access to Holocaust Collections Project presented
This current project builds upon the findings of the IHRA’s Archival Access Project of 2014–2017. One outcome of this project was the adoption of the IHRA’s working definition of Holocaust-related materials.
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