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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... 

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... 

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... 

‘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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

‘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... 

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... 

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... 

#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 new Holocaust education toolkit for students around the world. Read More... 

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... 

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... 

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 including the Holocaust.” Read More... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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...