![]() ![]() ![]() Though aimed at educators, these materials can be of interest to anyone interested in the history of the Holocaust. Marking 77 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, new educational materials have been uploaded to the Yad Vashem website. To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem has launched a new online exhibition entitled Remember Your New Name: Surviving the Holocaust Under a False Identity. New Online Exhibition: "Remember Your New Name" The user can also choose a specific name of a family members or anyone else they know in the Names Database with whom they wish to be matched. The participants' names then appear on the IRemember Wall together with the name of the victim of the Holocaust. Yad Vashem’s unique online commemorative project, IRemember Wall, allows, individuals who register to be randomly linked to one of the names found in Yad Vashem's Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names, which today includes the names of over 4,800,000 Jews murdered in the Holocaust. To mark the UN-sanctioned International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, is launching two unique online events that give the public around the world the opportunity to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the German Nazis and their collaborators. Through the images and documents preserved in the archives of Fondazione CDEC and thanks to the research of Raffaele Deluca, the exhibition brings to light the events, images and works of musicians who, confined in the Ferramonti camp, found the strength and enthusiasm to continue to play, compose and even organize concerts. The exhibition is curated by Laura Brazzo (Fondazione CDEC) and Raffaele Deluca (Conservatorio of Rovigo). On the occasion of January 27 2022, Fondazione CDEC together with the Giuseppe Venezze Music Conservatory of Rovigo, will publish a digital exhibition dedicated to musicians in the Ferramonti camp: In a remote space. Music and musicians in the Ferramonti camp (1940-1943). Foundation Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center CDEC, Italy A boy at the piano in the Ferramonti camp, The projection is accompanied live by a 16-piece orchestra, L’Heure de musique, conducted by Léonard Ganvert. Watching this film reminds us of tragic times, which above all should never be repeated. An accidental discovery at a French market proved otherwise. For a long time, it was thought that this version was lost. ![]() City without Jews (1924) is a film that promoted the expulsion of Jews for the first time. In the evening Kazerne Dossin organises a silent film with live music in Antwerp, together with Vredescentrum. The same image (see right) will be spread on social media, and people can add this image on their profile photo. On the 27th of January Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen will launch the results of the research project Left Behind with a video, three digital maps and a special section on the website (see also the EHRI Blog). On this day, the memorial and museum will also give all visitors a button that they attach. A selection of these events taking place in many different counrties is presented here below. Most EHRI partners also organise events on or around 27 January to commemorate the Holocaust, to learn and to never forget. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure thrives on the dedication and commitment of its 27 partners. Holocaust Memorial Day or Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated worldwide by local, national and international events, that include conferences, film screenings, memorial services, exhibitions, discussions, book publications and more. In 1945, 27 January was the day that the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp complex was liberated. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated 27 January as the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, the day upon which every year the world would mark and remember the Holocaust and its victims. ![]()
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