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The Remembering Hilda Dajč Award: Creating courageous cultures of remembrance
Promoting vibrant youth activism surrounding past victims of violence and creating a culture of remembrance is indispensable to upholding the truth of the Holocaust and countering distortion and...
IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust
Each IHRA Member Country is committed to encouraging the study of the Holocaust in all its dimensions. However, teaching about this complex and sensitive topic appropriately – and adapting it to the...
One year of "Together for Impact": Q&A with IHRA Chair Ann Bernes on the Swedish Presidency
The Swedish IHRA Presidency will come to a close on 28 February. In this Q&A, IHRA Chair Ambassador Ann Bernes reflects on her year leading the IHRA Presidency. Let’s start by looking at the first...
International Conference on the Genocide of the Roma and Combating Antigypsyism: Summary report now available
The Swedish Presidency of the IHRA hosted an international conference on the genocide of the Roma and combating antigypsyism, in Stockholm on 20–21 October 2022. The summary report of this conference...
Follow-up report on Malmö Forum pledges published
In October 2021, representatives from 50 countries, together with social media companies, policymakers, NGOs and civil society organizations met in Sweden for the Malmö International Forum on...
Raoul Wallenberg honored at virtual event
On 17 January, the Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa, in collaboration with OVED for Human Rights, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, organized a commemorative event in honor of Raoul...
The Living History Forum - Participation within the country - Schoolvisit in Boxholm
Date: 25 January 2023 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Cecilia Ferngren, educator from The Living History Forum will give a lecture at a local school. The event is an interactive lecture for...
The Living History Forum - Participation within the country in Norberg - Commemoration event
Date: 27 January 2023 Time: 6:00 p.m. Place: The Liberals in Norberg will for the second time arrange a candlelight ceremony in memory of the Holocaust victims at Torget in Norberg on Friday...
Exhibition Resistance
Date: 23 January 2023, 6:00 a.m.- 29 January 2023, 4:00 p.m. Place: Library exhibition window The exhibition resistance produced by the Forun för levande historia is on display at Väse Culture...
Collection commemorating the Holocaust
Date: 29 January 2023 Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Place: Pentecostal Church Huskvarna In memory of the Holocaust - Israelföreningen i Jönköping och Kronoberg On Sunday, January 29 (Note...