THE HOLOCAUST AND THE UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAMME

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The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
Republic of Poland. This exhibit laid out the captivating background
of Polish diplomat Jan Kozielewski, who under the assumed name of
Jan Karski served as a courier for the Polish Underground Resistance
and informed Allied leaders about Nazi Germany’s ongoing murder
of the Jews in Europe. Jan Karski was a Roman Catholic who later
attained citizenship of the United States and was named an honorary
citizen of Israel and a Righteous among the Nations. A second
exhibit, produced by the Holocaust Programme’s partner The Jewish
Foundation for the Righteous provided an overview of the people who
bravely risked their lives to save Jewish people during the Holocaust.
Holocaust Educational Materials
The Holocaust Programme has developed
a wide variety of educational tools in partnership
with leading institutions in Holocaust
and genocide education. In 2015, the
Programme, in cooperation with the News
and Media Division, produced The Holocaust
and the United Nations 10th Anniversary Film
The Holocaust and the
United Nations 10th that demonstrates how the Programme has
Anniversary Film
been implementing its mandate for Holocaust
education and remembrance to help prevent genocide over
the past decade. The film includes a special message from United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and footage from the many
Holocaust memorial ceremonies, panel discussions and educational
events that have been held at New York Headquarters, as well as in
the field in cooperation with the global network of United Nations
Information Centres. The film, which was recorded in all United
Nations official languages by United Nations staff members, also
outlines the various educational products that the Programme has
produced.
In observance of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations and
the end of the Second World War, the Holocaust Programme also