Ernst Steigenga
Head of the Dutch Delegation to the IHRA
Member country since: 1999
Remembrance Days: 27 January (International Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Julia Sarbo (National 4 and 5 May Committee) – Deputy Head of Delegation
Nanci Adler (NIOD Institute) – Academic Working Group
Marc van Berkel (University of Applied Sciences Nijmegen) – Education Working Group
Annemiek Gringold-Martinot (Hollandsche Schouwburg) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Jurmet Huitema-de Waal (Anne Frank House) – Education Working Group
Bas Kortholt (Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
IHRA membership has, without a doubt, influenced policymaking, and remembrance of, research on and education about the Holocaust in the Netherlands. International projects and exhibitions between Dutch museums and research institutions have emerged, a virtual reality educational tool was developed and researched, and contributions were made to the redesign of the site of former German Nazi-concentration camp Sobibór.
Under the Dutch Chairmanship of the IHRA, reports by member countries were established. Furthermore, a multi-lingual digital exhibition on the genocide of the Sinti and Roma was launched, a Masters program on the Holocaust was developed, and in 2010 two academic centers merged to become the NIOD, Institute for War, Genocide and Holocaust Studies.
Download the 2020 Netherlands country report (the content of the report is the responsibility of the reporting country).