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WJC partners with Facebook to provide comprehensive Holocaust education resource
to social media users

"Learning the facts of the Holocaust is crucial to combating all those who
deliberately desecrate the memory of the millions who were murdered by Nazi
Germany and its multinational accomplices in order to promote their
reprehensible agenda," said WJC President Ronald S. Lauder. Read More...
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[[link removed]]World Jewish Congress, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum gather world leaders,
Holocaust survivors for virtual International Holocaust Remembrance Day
commemoration

In his remarks, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder underscored that despite the fact
that the ceremony was being held virtually, “It is still vital that we do this
in whatever form that is available." The ceremony featured remarks from Republic
of Poland President Andrzej Duda, and Federal Republic of Germany President Dr.
Frank-Walter. Read More...
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[[link removed]]JPost OpEd | World Jewish Congress president tackles the antisemitism of today

“On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, I wish I could offer some upbeat, good news
on this topic. I cannot. I am struck that the world’s attitudes towards Jews
have not grown better. They have become worse, which suggests that we must
redouble our efforts in fighting this hatred,” wrote President Lauder. Read More...
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[[link removed]]‘Lest We Forget’: WJC partners with UNESCO for opening of exhibit documenting
Holocaust survivors

In his remarks, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder praised the heroism of Holocaust
survivors, saying, “After everything that happened to them, after everything
taken from them, their families murdered, these people displayed the most
amazing courage the world has ever seen.” Read More...
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[[link removed]]El Al supports WJC's #WeRemember Campaign

Israel’s national airline El Al flew a plane from Tel Aviv to Berlin that was
affixed with a #WeRemember logo, to convey the necessity of remembering the dark
past of the Holocaust in order to ensure such atrocities never happen again. Read More...
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[[link removed]]Chelsea joins #WeRemember Campaign and marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with
matchday tribute

Continuing their work to combat antisemitism, Chelsea once again showed their
support for the #WeRemember Campaign while also drawing attention to the fate of
Jewish athletes during the Holocaust. Read More...
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[[link removed]]European Jewish Congress International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

The European Jewish Congress and the European Commission marked International
Holocaust Remembrance Day with a special commemoration ceremony featuring
remarks from Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental. Watch Now... [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

[[link removed]]‘Keeping the Memory Alive’: Holocaust survivors tell their story through an
innovative video project

WJC, together with the USC Shoah Foundation and the EU Delegation to the UN,
Israel’s Mission in Geneva, the United Nations Office at Geneva, and the city’s
Jewish community, organized an innovative video project showcasing Holocaust
survivors discussing their story of survival. Read More...
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[[link removed]]OpEd | Shame

“The Holocaust commemoration this year is further overshadowed by another
contagion: conspiracy myths. In calmer times one might be inclined to ridicule
people who cobble together a worldview from fragments of information plus a lot
of imagination, but in these troubling times, we know how dangerous this can
be,” writes WJC Executive Vice President Maram Stern. Read More... [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

[[link removed]]92 Holocaust denial works removed from Amazon after Board of Deputies and WJC
intervene

Marie van der Zyl, President of the Board of Deputies, said: “We commend
Amazon’s decision to remove multiple examples of Holocaust Denial publications
from their stores. Holocaust denial is unequivocally antisemitic; it claims that
the Holocaust was fabricated and that therefore, Jews are lying to advance some
nefarious agenda.” Read More...
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[[link removed]]#WeRemember toolkit: A guideline for informal Holocaust education

As part of the annual #WeRemember Campaign for International Holocaust
Remembrance Day, the World Jewish Congress, in partnership with the European
Union of Jewish Students and the World Union of Jewish Students, have released a
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Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on International Holocaust
Remembrance Day

In a statement President Biden said, "The Holocaust was no accident of history.
It occurred because too many governments cold-bloodedly adopted and implemented
hate-fueled laws, policies, and practices to vilify and dehumanize entire groups
of people, and too many individuals stood by silently. Silence is complicity." Read More...
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[[link removed]]On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope warns against new nationalism | Reuters

“To remember is an expression of humanity. To remember is a sign of civility. To
remember is a condition for a better future of peace and fraternity,” said Pope
Francis. “To remember also means being careful because these things can happen
again, starting with ideological proposals that claim to want to save a people
but end up destroying a people and humanity.” Read More...
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[[link removed]]UN chief calls for urgent action against neo-Nazis in Holocaust remembrance
message

In his remarks, Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “Today, white
supremacists and neo-Nazis are resurgent, organizing and recruiting across
borders, intensifying their efforts to deny, distort and rewrite history
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[[link removed]]Statement by Council of Europe commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance
Day

“While we are confronted with one of the biggest crises of our century, we must
not let our attention waver and allow the memory of Holocaust victims to be
misused or insulted,” said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja
Mijatović. Read More...
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[[link removed]]Hungarian PM Orbán pledges to preserve memory of the Holocaust in letter to WJC
President Lauder

Prime Minister Orbán further noted the commitment to combating antisemitism
stating, “My government continues to stand on the ground of zero tolerance for
antisemitism and offers you and your organisation cooperation in the spirit of
our common values.” Read More...
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[[link removed]]Bahrain commemorates Holocaust, combats antisemitism | JPost

“We have been so moved over the years to hear countless stories from survivors
of the Holocaust," wrote former Bahrani Ambassador to the US Houda Nonoo. "They
have shared their stories with us and in turn, we must commit to doing our part
to make sure this never happens again.” Read More...
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OpEd | The Holocaust and its remembrance are important to everyone in our
country.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Ministers Anna Ekström and Amanda Lind
write: “As a society, we have an obligation to promote education, remembrance
and research on the genocide committed by the Nazis and their allies so that new
generations will be able to learn from history." Read More...
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[[link removed]]OpEd | #WeRemember: An antidote to the virus of hatred

"In every talk, every book, every interview and every documentary, survivors
relive the torment and unimaginable pain of their experiences during the
Holocaust. They did and do so in the belief that sharing their experience is the
only way to ensure that hatred of this extreme nature would not happen again,"
writes WJC Commissioner for Interfaith Relations Claudio Epelman. Read More...
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[[link removed]]OpEd | Countering the erosion of Holocaust memory 76 years later

Reflecting on the importance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, WJC
Jewish Diplomatic Corps Member Judit Illes writes that the day is, “imbued with
a deep sense of loss. My grandmother and her family members were among the
440,000 Jewish Hungarians deported to Auschwitz in 1944.” Read More...
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[[link removed]]OpEd | Auschwitz wasn’t built in a day

“Remembering during this day is focused on the genocidal plan, taking the “end”
of Auschwitz as a milestone, but we have to think also that all this couldn’t be
possible without the previous decisions,” writes WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps
Member Tomas D. Mojo. Read More...
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27 January 1945 | Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp liberated

While the liberation of Auschwitz did not initially receive the same
international attention as the liberation of the Majdanek concentration camp,
the first major Nazi extermination camp liberated during the war, Auschwitz
would become a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust. Read More...
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Stronger than hate – Holocaust Remembrance 2021

Following short remarks from European Commission Vice-President Margaritis
Schinas about the importance of remembrance and the necessity to combat
antisemitism and foster Jewish life in Europe, several Holocaust survivors
discussed their story of survival and the dangerous rise of COVID-19 conspiracy
myths. Watch Now... [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

[[link removed]]Chelsea FC commemorates Holocaust before match

The commemoration ceremony was part of Chelsea’s '49 Flames' project paying
tribute to Olympians known to have been killed in Nazi concentration camps. The
virtual exhibition will be followed up by a physical art installation at
Stamford Bridge, that supporters will be able to visit once Government
coronavirus regulations allow. Watch Now...
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