Switzerland
A Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and for the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity
Every year since 2004, IDES [the Information and Documentation Center] of The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education compiles a dossier for the "Day of Remembrance" to provide useful...
Teaching about the Holocaust Special issue of Didactica Historica. Swiss Journal for History Education
As the last witnesses of the Holocaust disappear and the time gap between the Second World War and students' present widens, what are the resources, practices and experiences that make sense for the...
Bern Ceremony
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019 Monday, the 28th of January 2019, 17:00 Yehudi Menuhin Forum, Helvetiaplatz 6, Bern Schedule: Prayer “El Maleh Rahamim” by Rabbi Michael Kohn O...
Message from the President of the Swiss Confederation
Message from the President of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2019 Respect and dignity Today, International Holocaust Remembrance Day...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019
Official ceremony at the Yehudi Menuhin forum with representatives of the political authorities and of the diplomatic corps. Highlights are a message by the president of the National Council, Mrs...
Nicolas Ribowski, a great witness to civic engagement
Nicolas Ribowski is the guest of the University of Teacher Education in Lausanne (Switzerland) for an evening open to the public on 28 January, on the occasion of the International Holocaust...
Holocaust-Gedenkanlass mit Zeitzeugenbegegnung
This year's commemoration event of the Zurich University of Education is dedicated to the question of whether the Holocaust is and can be a topic for primary school and how to deal with it when...
Remembering the Holocaust - Encounter with a contemporary witness
This year's commemoration event of the Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH) is dedicated to the question of whether the Holocaust is and can be a topic for primary school; and how to deal...
The Forgotten Holocaust
27 January is the anniversary of the memory of the victims of National Socialism. It is often forgotten that not only Jews were among the persecuted - even Sinti and Roma fell victim to the Nazis. For...
2nd Generation: children of deported resistance fighters and children of Nazi officers are testifying
The disappearance of the last direct witnesses of the Shoah poses a very serious problem for the transmission and the preservation of their memories today. How do the second generation...