International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorated at the
Council of Europe
A ceremony marking International Day in memory of the victims of the
Holocaust took place, Thursday, 27 January 2011, at 14h15, on the
forecourt of the Palais de l’Europe.
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland started the memorial service.
Statements of respect were offered by Traian Basescu, President of
Romania, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, President of the Parliamentary Assembly and
René Gutman, Grand Rabbin du Bas-Rhin. Wreaths were laid in front of the
commemorative stone.
The commemoration marks the end of the Holocaust and the liberation on
27 January, 1945 by Russian troops of the largest Nazi concentration
camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Speech by Secretary General
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Speech by President of the Parliamentary Assembly
European wokshop "Auschwitz and the Holocaust in the context of teaching remembrance in Europe" (Pestalozzi programme), Cracow, Poland, 10-16 October 2010.
European workshop "Histoire de la Shoah et des génocides du XXème siècle", Paris, France, 16-19 November 2010.
The testimony of the survivor in the class-room, Fabienne Regard
European Pack for visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Guidelines for Teachers and Educators, 2011 --> Download the publication
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![]() Elie Wiesel, Nobel of Peace Laureate and survivor of the Holocaust |
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![]() Gate of the Auschwitz Camp |
His Eminence Lustiger |
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place of memoryof the Shoah, Cracow |
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place of memory of the Shoah, Bratislava |
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![]() Authentic place of memory for the Jewes killed in 1944, Budapest, bank of the Danube |
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European Workshop for Teachers, Auschwitz |
"From crimes against Humanity in European History towards European Ideas", Ljubjana, 2009 |
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![]() Settela, the little girl with the red scarf copyright: NIOD Memorial Centre Camp Westerbork |
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