Task Force For International Cooperation On Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research

 
 
 
 

“Together we must uphold the terrible truth of the Holocaust against those who deny it.”

-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust


27.01.12 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012

Int_HMD_dayInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated worldwide on 27 January in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On 27 January 1945, the advancing Red Army entered the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp complex, liberating more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were for the most part ill or dying.  Days earlier, the SS had forced nearly 60,000 prisoners to evacuate the camp and embark on the infamous 'Death Marches,' in which many thousands lost their lives.


26.01.12 - German Bundestag Publishes Report on Antisemitism

antisemitismusberichtThe German Bundestag has released a report written by an independent panel of experts on antisemitism in German society.


25.01.12 - ITF Mourns the Death of Miloš Pojar

pojarMiloš Pojar, former ITF Chair during the 2007 Czech Chairmanship, died in Prague on Monday at age 71.


24.01.12 - International Auschwitz Committee Exhibition Opens in Berlin

widerstandexhibitIn commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new exhibit entitled "Staying Together:  Hungarian Holocaust Survivors Report" will open in Berlin on Wednesday, 25 January 2012.


19.01.12 - Holocaust Theatre Online Collection Launches Today in Berlin

htconlineThe launch ceremony for the Holocaust Theatre Online Collection (HTC) is being held today at House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin.