IHRA Thessaloniki Plenary Summary Report
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Thessaloniki Plenary 2021
The IHRA on the conclusion of the Thessaloniki Plenary 2021
Summing up the successful conclusion of the Thessaloniki Plenary 2021, the second biannual plenary meetings under the Greek Presidency, the IHRA underlined the following: THESSALONIKI, 10.11.2021 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), under the Greek Presidency, has successfully concluded its second set of plenary meetings. Held on the anniversary of the 1938 November Pogroms,
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The application for Observer country status from Brazil approved
Brazil first expressed its interest in becoming an Observer Country to the IHRA in a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2020. After Brazil’s representatives attended the Plenary session of Athens in June 2021, as Special Guests of the IHRA Chair, Brazil applied for Observer Country Status in September 2021. The procedure
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The application for Member country status from the Republic of North Macedonia approved
The Greek Presidency welcomed the Republic of North Macedonia as the 35th Member to the International Holocaust Rememberance Alliance since the IHRA Thessaloniki Plenary unanimously decided to approve the member status application of North Macedonia. The Greek and the Austrian Delegations to IHRA have acted as lead countries during the fruitful process that resulted in
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SIDE EVENT “Do not forget me”: The mothers’ voices from within the ghetto of Thessaloniki in 1943
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
Deputy Prime Minister Panayiotis Pikrammenos’ welcome address to Thessaloniki Plenary
“Dear Honorary President of IHRA, Professor Yehuda Bauer, Dear Members of National Delegations and Working Groups and Committees, Dear Permanent Office members, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thessaloniki used to be the major center of Jewish Sephardic culture in South-eastern Europe. In the Judeo Spanish language spoken by the Jews of Thessaloniki, the city was called Madre
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias’ welcome address to Thessaloniki Plenary
“Greece’s Presidency of the IHRA has by now reached its midway point. Over the past months, we focused our efforts on assessing how to confront the resurgence of Antisemitism. Unfortunately, Antisemitism feeds on ignorance, fear, feelings of impotence and conspiracy theories. Even the most advanced and sophisticated societies remain vulnerable to these evils. Hence, the
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IHRA Chair, Ambassador Lazaris, welcomes delegates to the Thessaloniki Plenary 2021
“My most respected Honorary President, Professor Yehuda Bauer,Dear Heads and members of national Delegations,Dear colleagues and coworkers of the IHRA Permanent Office,Ladies and Gentlemen, Here we are already, at the second IHRA Plenary under Greek Presidency and Thessaloniki remains as elusive as ever. Though COVID is to blame, we had hoped, back when predictions on
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