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2024 Holocaust remembrance conference: Remembering the past. Shaping the future.

Organised by the European Commission, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

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-ANTISEMITISMatec [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

  1. 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 
  2. 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)
  3. 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 
  4. 18:55 - 19:00 (CET)
    Musical interlude
    • Wiegala by Ilse Weber, victim of the Holocaust
    • Performed by Sarina (voice and piano)
  5. 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 
  6. 19:35 - 19:55 (CET)
    Commemoration Ceremony
    • El Malech Rachamim & Kaddish by Chief Rabbi Olivier Kaufmann 
    • Lighting of candles
    • Minute of silence
  7. 19:55 - 20:00 (CET)
    Musical Interlude
    • Jules Massenet – Thaïs, Meditation for violin and piano
    • Performed by Renaud Crols (violin) & Rebecca Borja (piano)

Speakers

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

Description

Contacts

General contact

Email
holocaust-remembranceatpropager [dot] com

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