International Day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust at UNESCO on January 26, 2017 at UNESCO House


The International Day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust will take place on 26 January 2017 at UNESCO House in Paris, in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the Shoah Memorial.

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PROGRAMME

  • UNESCO CAMPUS – 26 January, room XI, from 10 am to 11:30 pm

How to deconstruct hate speech?

The UNESCO Campus is part of a series of thematic conferences organized by UNESCO, in partnership with ENGIE. It aims to educate young people about current challenges in terms of society, education and the environment, so as to help them become responsible citizens.                                                                         

In partnership with the Shoah Memorial

Speakers: 

  • Mr. Iannis Roder, professor of history at the Pierre de Geyter college in Saint-Denis
  • Mr. Hubert Strouk, teacher at the Arènes high school in Toulouse
  • Mr. Marcel Kabanda, historian, president of IBUKA

  • EXHIBITION – January 26, Miro Room, 2:30 PM

Official opening of the exhibition Archeologia at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

 Speeches by:

  • Mrs. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
  • Mr. Piotr Cywiński, Director of the State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland)

The exhibition will be presented from January 26 to February 17, 2017 from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5:30 pm. Please bring an ID card.

The exhibition presents a selection of personal objects discovered in 1967 during archaeological excavations carried out in the area of the gas chambers and Crematorium III of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The excavations then revealed 16,000 objects of this type. These are the last personal items of the victims before their killing. These were lost for nearly half a century and recently found by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, stored in 48 boxes at the Polish Academy of Sciences. This exhibition is the first presentation outside the Museum of this precious and unique collection of lost artifacts.

  • ROUND TABLE – January 26, Room XI, 3:00 p.m.

The role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education

Simultaneous interpretation in French and English                                                                   

Welcome word: 

  • Ms. Soo Hyang Choi, Director of the Division for Inclusion, Peace and Sustainable Development, Education Sector, UNESCO

Inaugural Speech:

  • Mr. Serge Klarsfeld, Honorary Ambassador and UNESCO Special Envoy for the teaching of the history of the Holocaust and the prevention of genocide.

Round table:

  • Mr. Piotr Cywiński, Director of the State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland)
  • Mr. Jacques Fredj, Director of the Shoah Memorial (France)
  • Mrs. Dorit Novak, Director General of Yad Vashem (Israel)
  • Mrs. Agnès Sajaloli, Director of the Rivesaltes Camp Memorial (France)

Moderated by Mr. Jean-Yves Potel, historian.

  • CEREMONY – 26 January, room II, 19:00

10e ceremony dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust

Speeches:

  • Mrs. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
  • Mr. Eric de Rothschild, President of the Shoah Memorial
  • Exc. M. Carmel Shama Hacohen, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Israel to UNESCO

Testimony:

  • Mr. Raphaël Esrail, President of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees

Concert:

  • Mrs. Martha Argerich, pianist
  • Mr. Ivry Gitlis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, violinist
  • Mrs. Anne Catherine Dutoit, narrator (excerpts from Elie Wiesel)

Prayers by the Grand Rabbi Olivier Kaufmann:

El Malé Rachamim and Kaddish

 In partnership with:

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With the support of:

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