Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 & German Inquiry

Holocaust Memorial Day falls on 27 January. A number of events and memorials will be taking place. Details can be found via the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the Holocaust Educational Trust and ideas for teachers through the Holocaust Education Development Programme. The University of Southern California meanwhile has an online resource providing some 1000 video testimonies of survivors.

The UN held a memorial event, the Scottish Parliament had its time for reflection and announced renewed funding for school visits to Auschwitz and the UK Parliament held a memorial debate the video for which is below.

Meanwhile, a report has been published by a group of experts in Germany on antisemitism. The group which authored the report was commissioned by the German Parliament to do so, in a model inspired by the UK APPG inquiry model. A story about the report is available from BBC online the report is online here.


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