Handover of the ITF Chairmanship by Norway to Israel
In a ceremony at the Norwegian embassy in Berlin on Thurday, 4 March 2010, Ambassador Tom Vraalsen of Norway officially handed over the chairmanship of the ITF to Chairman Dan Tichon of Israel.
Memorandum of Understanding between the ITF and the Council of Europe
Ambassador Tom Vraalsen, Chairman of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) and Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the ITF and the Council of Europe.
Protocol Agreement Signed on Establishment of a Riga Ghetto Museum
On 2nd February 2010 the vice-mayor of Riga, Ainars Shlesers, and Chairman of the Jewish community organization „Shamir", Rabbi Menachem Barkahan, signed a protocol of intentions on the foundation of a Riga Ghetto Museum.
Visas For Freedom Exhibition goes to Israel
The "Visas for Freedom: Spanish diplomats and the Holocaust" exhibition sponsored by Casa Sefarad-Israel and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, is to travel to Israel for the first time.
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.