27.01.12 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012
International 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
The 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
Miloš 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
In 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
The launch ceremony for the Holocaust Theatre Online Collection (HTC) is being held today at House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin.

ITF Chair Ambassador Karel de Beer has started a new blog to share the work and activites of the Netherlands Chairmanship. To read more, please click