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
• Opening speeches:
  • The Ambassador of Israel, H.E. Mr. Jacob Keidar
  • The Ambassador of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Edward T. McMullen, Jr.
  • The Ambassador of Germany, H.E. Dr. Karl Norbert Riedel
  • Message from the President of the National Council, Mrs. Marina Carobbio Guscetti
• Message from the President of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities, Dr. Herbert Winter
• Reading of the Poem “If This Is a Man” from Primo Levi
• Speech by Ambassador of Italy and IHRA Chair, H.E. Mr. Marco Del Panta
• Cellist and Holocaust Survivor Mr. Mark Varshavsky
  • “Baal Shem” – Ernest Bloch
• Testimony of Holocaust Survivor Mr. Bronislav Erlich
• Cellist and Holocaust Survivor Mr. Mark Varshavsky
  • “Kaddish” – Maurice Ravel
• Introduction to the exhibition “Holocaust Artist” by Mr. Fishel Rabinowicz
• Prayer “Kaddish” by Rabbi Michael Kohn
• Visit of the exhibition “Holocaust Artist”