ITF Grant Programme 2010-2013: Call for Applications now open
On the 5th February 2010 the ITF launched a call for proposals under the 2010-2013 Grant Strategy.
Discover the Past for the Future: A study on the role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education and human rights education in the EU
At a Ministerial Conference held in Auschwitz from 26-28 January, the FRA released the findings of the first ever EU-wide study on the role of historical sites and museums in teaching about the Holocaust and human rights.
Holocaust Remembrance and the Council of Europe
The Council of Europe, a Permanent Observer of the ITF, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2010 with a commemorative ceremony in the forecourt of the Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg. The Council of Europe was a moving spirit behind the establishment of January 27th as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Europe, and continues, in particular, to provide support to teachers in their preparations for the event. Read a 2009 newsletter on education and the Holocaust here.
Ten Years of the Stockholm Declaration
On Tuesday 26 January the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Living History Forum jointly held a symposium to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Stockholm Declaration on the Holocaust. On the occasion, speeches were given by Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Störe, as well as ITF Honorary Chairman Yehuda Bauer. The symposium was introduced with a statement by the ITF Chair, Ambassador Tom Vraalsen.
January 27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Look at Remembrance Events in ITF’s Member Countries
What are ITF member states doing to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th?
*Update 1*: President Obama delivers remarks commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Birkenau in a taped message for the ceremony in Krakow, Poland, and Auschwitz-Birkenau. For a text version of the remarks see here.
*Update 2*: On 27 January, the German Bundestag held a Ceremony of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism in the Reichstag Building in Berlin, including speeches by the President of the Bundestag, Professor Norbert Lammert, follwed by the President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, and Polish historian Professor Feliks Tych.
The ITF has announced the launch of a call for applications under the Grant Programme 2010-2013.