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.
26 Apr 2021
Time to read: 6 mins
Why is it important to have open access to Holocaust archives?
Ensuring full and open access to Holocaust archives is not a niche issue—it is essential to safeguarding the record of the Holocaust, and creating open and democratic societies.
14 Apr 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
Trans-Atlantic Dialogues: Holocaust educators discuss challenges and solutions
On March 18, a second webinar on Holocaust education was held by the US Department of State, with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and interventions from the IHRA Honorary Chairman and IHRA delegate Jennifer Ciardelli.
13 Apr 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
Holocaust denial laws: effective tool or Trojan horse?
How are Holocaust laws used in practice? And are they effective? These lingering questions have led the IHRA to begin cooperative research with a number of global experts on these matters.
12 Apr 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
Austria adopts working definition of antigypsyism / anti-Roma discrimination
One day before International Roma Day 2021, the Council of Ministers in Austria adopted the working definition of antigypsyism/anti‑Roma discrimination developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
01 Apr 2021
Time to read: 3 mins
Greece takes over the IHRA Presidency from Germany
Today, 1 April, the IHRA Presidency will be handed over from Germany to Greece. This means that the outgoing Chair, Ambassador Michaela Küchler, will take on a supportive role as a member of the Troika, which comprises last year’s, this year’s and next year’s IHRA Chairs.
31 Mar 2021
Time to read: 1 min
Germany adopts the working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
Today, Germany’s Federal Cabinet adopted the IHRA’s non‑binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti‑Roma discrimination, making Germany the first country to do so at the national level.
30 Mar 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
“The Lesson: Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust in Europe” film screening and panel discussion
A documentary screening and panel discussion organized by the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and the IHRA, was held on 26 March 2021.
16 Mar 2021
Time to read: 4 mins
“We forgive, but we do not forget”
11 March marks the day when 7,144 Macedonian Jews were deported to the death camp Treblinka in 1943. In commemoration, numerous events and activities were held throughout the Republic of North Macedonia, including in Skopje, Bitola and Shtip on 10 and 11 March 2021.
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