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The Holocaust remembrance conference: Remembering the past. Shaping the future. taking place on 23 January 2024 on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is hosted by the European Commission, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. This conference is organised in cooperation with the American Jewish Committee Transatlantic Institute, B’nai B’rith Europe, B’nai B’rith International, European Jewish Association, European Jewish Congress, European Jewish Community Center, European Union of Jewish Students, and World Jewish Congress.

Please indicate your online participation via email: EC-COORDINATOR-ANTISEMITISMec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EC-COORDINATOR-ANTISEMITISM[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Holocaust remembrance
Tuesday 23 January 2024, 18:00 - 20:00 (CET)
Online only
Live streaming available

Programme

23 Jan 2024, 18:00 - 18:30 (CET)
Opening statements
- Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life
- Marie-Colline Leroy, Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity of Belgium
- Sara Lustig and Ambassador Terezija Gras, Co-Chair of the Croatian Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
- Sergey Lagodinsky, Vice-President of the European Parliament Working Group against antisemitism
- Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem
18:30 - 18:35 (CET)
Musical interlude
- F. Chopin - Nocturne in C-Sharp minor for violin and pian
- Performed by Renaud Crols (violin) & Rebecca Borja (piano)
18:35 - 18:55 (CET)
In conversation with:
- Regina Sluszny, Holocaust Survivor in conversation
- Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life
18:55 - 19:00 (CET)
Musical interlude
- Wiegala by Ilse Weber, victim of the Holocaust
- Performed by Sarina (voice and piano)
19:00 - 19:35 (CET)
Panel discussion: safeguarding Holocaust sites
- Testimonial video
- Laurent Moyse, President of the Luxembourg Foundation of the Memory of the Shoah, Associated to the project ‘Cinqfontaines’
- Simonetta Della Seta, Chair of the IHRA’s Museums and Memorials Working Group
- Veerle Vanden Daelen, Chair of the IHRA Project Monitoring Access to Holocaust Collections
19:35 - 19:55 (CET)
Commemoration Ceremony
- El Malech Rachamim & Kaddish by Chief Rabbi Olivier Kaufmann
- Lighting of candles
- Minute of silence
19:55 - 20:00 (CET)
Musical Interlude
- Jules Massenet – Thaïs, Meditation for violin and piano
- Performed by Renaud Crols (violin) & Rebecca Borja (piano)

Speakers

Keynote speaker

Margaritis Schinas

Vice-President of the Commission

Practical information

When: Tuesday 23 January 2024, 18:00 - 20:00 (CET)
Where: Online only
Languages: English, French
Organisers: European Commission | Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU | International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance