A Story Never Finished: The Legacy of Anne Frank
12 June 2024 marked the 95th year since Anne Frank was born. On Friday, 14 June 2024, the United Nations honoured Anne Frank's legacy at a special event held next to the Anne Frank tree in the garden of United Nations Headquarters, New York.
18 June 2024 - Virtual discussion "Photography as Resistance During the Holocaust"
Join our online discussion led by an esteemed panel who will speak about Jewish photographers - some professional, some amateur - who resisted Nazi dehumanization during the Holocaust by documenting the horrific actions of the Nazis and their collaborators.
27 February 2024 - Book talk “The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust"
Join co-authors Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa as they discuss how they pieced together Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg's history and ask why so little is known about this unrecognized hero.
20 September 2023 - Virtual discussion: “Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews and the Holocaust”
Virtual discussion “Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews and the Holocaust” with award-winning author, Ari Joskowicz, Professor Ethel Brooks, Founder of the field of Critical Romani Studies, and Chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University, and Raz Segal, Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide, Stockton University.
Special Recording | A Conversation Across Three Generations
The “In Conversation” series brings Holocaust survivors and their families together to talk about family and memory, home and belonging, and what it means to carry the history of the Holocaust so intimately.
Exhibition "Stories of Survival and Remembrance - A Call to Action for Genocide Prevention"
The exhibition features the reflections of survivors of four atrocity crimes - the Holocaust, the genocide and related atrocities in Cambodia, the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Exhibition “Yad Vashem Book of Names of Holocaust Victims” at United Nations Headquarters
An extraordinary exhibition at United Nations Headquarters in New York contains over 4,8 million names, places of birth and death of the victims of the Holocaust, and stands as a silent and potent reminder of the danger of antisemitism and every form of prejudice and hatred.
2023 theme for Holocaust remembrance and education: "Home and belonging"
The theme “Home and Belonging” guides United Nations Holocaust remembrance and education in 2023. It highlights the humanity of the Holocaust victims and survivors, who had their home and sense of belonging ripped from them by the perpetrators of the Holocaust.
10 November 2022 - Panel discussion "Music and the Holocaust: History, Memory and Justice"
Join a conversation on music and the Holocaust with the panel comprising historian Jay Grymes, Composer and conductor, Victoria Bond, Noreen Green and violinist Renée Jolles.
26 October 2022 - Virtual discussion "Race" and Racism: Roots of Atrocity Crimes
Join us for a discussion that focuses on the relationship of so-called “race theory” and racism to the committing of atrocity crimes and genocide. The discussion is Episode 8 of the "Beyond the long shadow: engaging with difficult histories" live discussion series.
29 September 2022 - Virtual discussion "Forgotten, Ignored, and Distorted Histories of Romani People: Past and Present"
Groundbreaking scholars Ethel Brooks, Ioanida Costache, and László Csősz move between past and present and draw upon testimonies and documents as they plumb the history of anti-Roma racist violence, and the erasure of that history even as the violence persists.
16 June 2022 - Virtual event "Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives"
Join us for a discussion that focuses on activities that counter hate speech on university campuses and beyond, and the contribution of the global academic community to create awareness and inform policymaking.