80 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz
Hosted By: The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights (TOLI)
January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, and has been designated by the UN and many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Over one million Jews, along with other groups, were killed in Auschwitz. Six million Jews – about one third of the world’s Jewish population at the time – were murdered during the Holocaust.
In commemoration, TOLI invites you to this special online program, where we pay tribute to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and interview Dr. Kathrin Meyer, the Secretary-General of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
Founded in 1998, IHRA today includes 35 Member Countries, 8 Observer Countries, and dozens of cooperative organizations which have come together to strengthen and advance Holocaust education, remembrance and research worldwide. Dr. Meyer, who took up her position in 2008, will retire next month, having led the organization to its recognized leadership as the preeminent international organization combating growing Holocaust distortion and antisemitism, and protecting the memory of the Holocaust.
Prior to Dr. Meyer’s interview, conducted by journalist Larry Luxner, a short video will feature survivors of Auschwitz.
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