THE HOLOCAUST AND THE UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAMME

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Torah Congregation in Englewood,
New Jersey, accompanied
by keyboardist Mr. Daniel
Gildar, recited the memorial
prayers.
The 2014 observance of the
International Day of Commemoration
in memory of the
In Tanzania, students from nine secondary
schools and three universities attended an victims of the Holocaust was
event organized by UNIC Dar es Salaam to mark
the International Day of Commemoration in
centred on the theme “Journeys
through the Holocaust”,
memory of the victims of the Holocaust in 2015.
Photo Credit: UNIC Dar es Salaam
and the keynote speaker was
Director Steven Spielberg. This
theme recalled the various journeys taken during this dark period,
from deportation to incarceration to freedom, and how this experience
transformed the lives of those who endured it. The 2013
observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory
of the victims of the Holocaust was built around the theme
“Rescue during the Holocaust: The Courage to Care” with keynote
speaker Professor Mordecai Paldiel. Through exhibits, film screenings,
educational products and activities and the annual memorial
ceremony, the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach
Programme and the global network of United Nations Information
Centres honoured those who risked their own lives to save Jews,
Roma and Sinti and others from near certain death under the Nazi
regime during the Second World War in Europe.
ANNEX III
II. International Partnerships
The Holocaust Programme has developed partnerships with civil
society, governments and Holocaust institutions around the world.
These partnerships help the Programme create influential educational
materials, organize effective professional development workshops
and extend the work of the Holocaust Programme to a global