Sites of the Holocaust and the Genocide of the Roma
How Holocaust sites can help societies navigate deafening silences
How sites deal with the silences and taboos surrounding difficult history matters. On their trip to Lithuania, the IHRA Safeguarding Sites team learned more about this challenge, shared by so many...
The IHRA addresses the situation in Ukraine at Stockholm plenary meetings
STOCKHOLM, 23.06.2022 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has successfully concluded its first plenary meetings under the Swedish Presidency. Guided by the motto, “Together for...
The IHRA addresses the situation in Ukraine at Stockholm plenary meetings
STOCKHOLM, 23.06.2022 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has successfully concluded its first plenary meetings under the Swedish Presidency. Guided by the motto, “Together for...
How do museums and memorials counter distortion?
This International Museums Day, the IHRA's Memorials and Museums Working Group Chair, Elisabeth Ungureanu, reflects upon the key role that these institutions play in countering Holocaust distortion...
IHRA Chair's Statement on Ukraine and Babyn Yar
IHRA Chair Ambassador Ann Bernes states, "In my first act as IHRA Chair, I wish to echo yesterday’s United Nations General Assembly resolution and I condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia...
New resource maps Holocaust-related sites in the UK
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) and the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have launched a significant new digital resource to enrich teaching and learning about the...
A Charter for the specificities of Holocaust Heritage
by Safeguarding Sites team members Gilly Carr, Steve Cooke and Margaret Comer Holocaust sites are inherently complex. They are the product of ever evolving memorialization practices and at times...
How the Stutthof Maritime Evacuation IHRA Grant uncovered new dimensions of the Holocaust
During the last months of the Second World War, the Nazis began forcibly evacuating prisoners on death marches across Europe. By April 1945, the Stutthof concentration camp, established by Nazi...
IHRA Delegation visits Mauthausen-Gusen and Gunskirchen former concentration camps
The Safeguarding Sites Project aims to visit five sites over the course of five years to gain insight on best practice for site management and preservation of sites of the Holocaust and genocide of...
Eight recommendations to safeguard sites presented to Alderney community
From 7–9 July 2021, Alderney's President William Tate hosted a delegation comprising Lord Eric Pickles, UK Head of Delegation to the IHRA; Dr Gilly Carr, Channel Islands representative to the IHRA...