Remembrance
“We forgive, but we do not forget”: Commemorating the 78th anniversary of the Day of Deportation of Macedonian Jews
11 March marks the day 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...
Digital commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021
Remembering the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust is the responsibility not only of governments, but of societies as a whole. On 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day...
IHRA Chair speaks at B'nai B'rith commemoration event
“Remembrance plays a critical role in fighting the persistent forces of antisemitism and Holocaust denial and distortion. This is because remembrance ties us fundamentally to the facts, to what took...
The IHRA, the United Nations and UNESCO commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021
Marking the date of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp by Soviet forces on 27 January 1945, International Holocaust Remembrance Day calls upon us all to reflect on...
Italian government amends racial persecution and compensation laws
Important changes to the law governing how victims of racial persecution in Italy and their relatives could seek compensation were made on 30 December, the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) a...
Arolsen Archives: "Crowdsourcing is crowd wisdom at its best"
Throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant challenge to commemoration of the Holocaust. In response, the IHRA Chair Ambassador Michaela Küchler has announced the German Presidency...
Digital commemoration of the November Pogrom
This year, 9 November marks 82 years since the beginning of the November Pogrom. Over the course of two days in 1938, hundreds of synagogues were burned, Jewish homes and businesses ransacked, and...
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...
Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking Podcast
This week, the Hollywood press announced that Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to bring the story of the Kindertransport to a mass global audience when he stars in a forthcoming biopic about Sir Nicholas...
Commemoration events for Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence in Slovakia
On 9 September 2020, Slovakia commemorates the Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence. Established in 2000 by the Slovak Parliament, the day marks the date in 1941 when the...