The Greek Presidency Agenda
A few days after the completion of the second biannual IHRA Plenary of 2021 under the Greek Presidency, which was held virtually, due to the pandemic, in the city of Thessaloniki (2-10/11) , Ambassador Chris Lazaris, IHRA Chair and Head of the Greek Delegation to the IHRA, gave the following overall interview to George Hatziioannou, […]
Within the framework of the Greek Presidency of the IHRA and under the auspices of the Permanent Representation of Greece to the United Nations and the Consulate General of Greece in Geneva, the Jewish Community of Geneva, the Friends of Yad Vashem in Switzerland and the World Jewish Congress, organized a commemoration event on 9th
Within the frame of the Thessaloniki Plenary, the Greek Presidency of the IHRA organized as a side event the presentation of the documentary “Do not forget me”: a 2020 documentary directed by Grigoris Apostolopoulos and produced in the framework of the annual Dimitria Festival, the leading cultural institution organized by the City of Thessaloniki. The
The highlights of the successful Symposium on “Combating Racism and Hate Speech: Lessons from the Holocaust” which was hosted by the 2021 edition of the Athens Democracy Forum, in association and with the participation of the Greek Presidency of the IHRA and Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, are presented in a 2’’ video which exudes
The Chair of the Greek Presidency of the IHRA, Ambassador Chris Lazaris, promoted IHRA fundamental positions and goals, as well as the aims and the key thread of the IHRA Greek Presidency in the following opinion article published in the New York Times International Edition Special Report dedicated to the Athens Democracy Forum 2021: “COVID
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The 2021 Athens Democracy Forum hosts a Symposium on “Combating Racism and Hate Speech: Lessons from the Holocaust” in Athens, on September 30, 2021, in association and with the participation of the Greek Presidency of the IHRA and Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. The Bespoke Symposium will take place within this year’s edition of the
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The Greek Presidency is proud to announce that the pioneering project “Untold Stories of the Holocaust”, an initiative taken by the Jewish Museum of Greece in partnership with the National Holocaust Centre and Museum (Nottinghamshire, UK) and the Holocaust Memorial DayTrust (UK), has been selected as one out of the seven initiatives which make part
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The General Secretariat for Religious Affairs in cooperation with the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, the Jewish Museum of Greece and YadVashem organized a workshop, addressed to Greek Orthodox Clergy, on the Holocaust and on combatting antisemitism. The first part of the workshop was held online, on May 24 and 25, with the participation of
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On the 19th of May, 2021, the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia jointly organised a multilateral educational Webinar titled “Practical implementation of the three Non-legally binding IHRA working definitions in multicultural societies:
On Sunday, April 25, 2021, Yad Vashem, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and General Secretariat of Religious Affairs of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs successfully organized a transnational workshop focusing on the IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust. Approximately 170 educators from four countries –the United States, Canada, Greece