Romania
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...
What is antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination?
About the IHRA working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination The effort to draft a working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination was spearheaded by experts in the Commit...
2020 IHRA 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...
Romania commemorates National Holocaust Remembrance Day
On 9 October every year, Romania commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, by virtue of Government Decision 672 of 5 May 2004. The day signifies the beginning of the deportation of Romanian Jews to...
High-level Event of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU
On 18 June, 2019, the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU hosted in Bucharest the first International High-Level meeting reuniting Special Envoys for Combatting Antisemitism and the World...
Mihai Chioveanu (1968 - 2019)
It was with deep sadness that the IHRA learned that IHRA Delegate Prof. Mihai Chioveanu passed away. Prof. Chioveanu was dedicated to the study of the history of the Holocaust in Romania, both from...
Event of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU on the combatting of Holocaust denial through memorial museums
On 13 March, 2019, the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU hosted an event dedicated to promoting Holocaust remembrance and combatting Holocaust denial through memorial museums in Bucharest...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania joins the WJC #WeRemember Campaign
The Romanian EU Council Presidency 2019 will mark the 27 January date by joining the World Jewish Congress #We Remember campaign. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania will issue a press release...
Launch of the #memoriefaraura (memorywithouthate) platform
The Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania will launch the project #memoriefaraura (memorywithouthate) on the 21st of January 2019. It is an educational project...
Debate on the Attrocities of the Holocaust in Romania in Visual Culture
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania (through its Center for the Study of Jewish History of Romania) will organize, on 23 January 2019, a debate on “The Attrocities of the Holocaust in...