Member country since: 2010
Remembrance Days: 27 January (International Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Timo Ranta (Ministry for Foreign Affairs) – Head of Delegation
Kristina Kaihari (Finnish National Board of Education) – Deputy Head of Delegation and Education Working Group
Simo Muir (University of Helsinki) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Oula Silvennoinen (University of Helsinki) – Academic Working Group
Kimmo Sasi (Finnish Holocaust Remembrance Association) – Academic Working Group
Miriam Schwartz (Agency of Education) – Education Working Group
Members of the national IHRA group:
Rony Smolar (Jewish Community of Helsinki) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Daniel Weintraub (City of Helsinki Education Department) – Education Working Group
In Finland, information on the Holocaust is covered by several school subjects. In 2010, the Finnish National Board of Education amended specific chapters concerning the Holocaust in the national core curriculum of history and philosophy/ethics in both primary and secondary education. Finnish history, religion and ethics teachers attended dedicated training sessions on the Holocaust at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in 2010 and 2012, and many upper secondary schools in Finland provide special courses on the Holocaust, which include study visits to the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum. The IHRA national chapter, which includes additional experts and governmental representatives, meets regularly between plenaries to discuss IHRA-related matters.