P.Bonet. RAO. THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 70TH ANNIVERSARY
THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ARE ORGANIZING: THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! FORUM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY- 70TH ANNIVERSARY THE WORLD HOLOCAUST RECONCILIATION DAYS JANUARY 26 27 2015 PRAGUE TEREZIN FORUM PATRONS: PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC MILOŠ ZEMAN PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MARTIN SCHULZ PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE ANTONIS SAMARAS WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM
LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY- 70TH ANNIVERSARY
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM DATE: JANUARY 26 27, 2015 LOCATION: PRAGUE CASTLE SPANISH HALL (TBC) TEREZIN JEWISH CEMETERY ORGANIZERS: CZECH AUTHORITIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS PARTNERS: TEREZIN MEMORIAL WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM FOUNDATION (R.A.) YAD VASHEM THE HOLOCAUST MARTYRS AND HEROES REMEMBRANCE AUTHORITY IN JERUSALEM 3
LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! PRELIMINARY PLAN OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY- 70TH ANNIVERSARY
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! JANUARY 26, 2015, 14-00 18-00 PRAGUE CASTLE SPANISH HALL (TBC) THE WORLD CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM WILL BE HELD AT THE LEVEL OF PRESIDENTS OF PARLIAMENTS FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE FORUM WILL BE ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OTHER EU INSTITUTIONS, THE SPEAKER OF THE KNESSET, THE TEREZIN MEMORIAL AND YAD VASHEM THE HOLOCAUST MARTYRS AND HEROES REMEMBRANCE AUTHORITY. THE FORUM WILL PRIMARILY ADDRESS THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND RACISM IN EUROPE. IT WILL CONSIST OF THREE KEY PANELS: (I) (II) (III) - ADDRESSING POLITICAL ASPECTS - ADDRESSING LEGAL ASPECTS - ADDRESSING CIVIL SOCIETY ISSUES WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF HEADS OF PARLIAMENTS OFFICIAL RECEPTION FOR FORUM PARTICIPANTS HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 5
LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! PRELIMINARY PLAN OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY- 70TH ANNIVERSARY
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM CLOSING SESSION BY HEADS OF STATE JANUARY 27, 2015, 11-00 12-00 PRAGUE CASTLE SPANISH HALL (TBC) CLOSING PANEL AT THE LEVEL OF HEADS OF STATE IN THE PRAGUE CASTLE FEATURING FOUR KEY SPEECHES BY: PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (TBC) CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY (TBC) CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT JANUARY 27, 2015, 12-00 12-30 PRAGUE CASTLE SPANISH HALL (TBC) FOLLOWING THE CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION AN ORCHESTRA FEATURING WORLD RENOWNED MUSICIANS REPRESENTING THE ALLIED FORCES AND CONDUCTED BY VLADIMIR SPIVAKOV WILL PERFORM SYMBOLIC PIECES. THE ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM WHILE A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SHOAH AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21 ST CENTURY IS BEING SHOWN. 7
LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! PRELIMINARY PLAN OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY- 70TH ANNIVERSARY
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM COMMEMORATION CEREMONY JANUARY 27, 2015, 13-30 17-30 TEREZIN JEWISH CEMETERY TRAVEL TO TEREZIN 13-30 14-30 THE JOURNEY FROM PRAGUE TO TEREZIN WILL TAKE 40-50 MINUTES. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE OFFICIAL COMMEMORATION CEREMONY. OFFICIAL COMMEMORATION CEREMONY 14-45 16-30 DURING WORLD WAR II, THE NAZIS ESTABLISHED THE THERESIENSTADT GHETTO-CAMP IN TEREZIN, IN WHAT IS NOW THE CZECH REPUBLIC, WHICH SERVED AS A TRANSIT SITE FOR JEWS ON THE WAY TO EXTERMINATION CAMPS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIED THERE OF MALNUTRITION AND DISEASES, AND MANY OTHERS FOUND THEIR DEATH BEFORE THEY REACHED THE CAMP. IN THE SPRING OF 1945 TEREZIN WAS LIBERATED BY SOVIET TROOPS AND THE THERESIENSTADT GHETTO WAS PLACED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE OUTDOORS AND WILL INCLUDE KEY SPEECHES, LIGHTING CANDLES AND A MARCH OF SOLIDARITY IN MEMORY OF ALL THE VICTIMS. THE CEREMONY WILL COME TO AN END WITH A UNITING MINUTE OF SILENCE. AT THIS POINT THERE WILL BE A LIVE CONNECTION THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH DELEGATIONS IN MAJOR CONCENTRATION AND DEATH CAMPS IN EUROPE. 9
LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM GUESTS AND PARTICIPANTS STATE LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENTS MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS REPRESENTATIVES OF EU INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS PROMINENT SCHOLARS AND PERSONALITIES HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS VETERAN LIBERATORS RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE 11
Moritz Miller, «Roofs in the ghetto», 1944 YAD VASHEM
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P.Bonet. RAO. WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM FOUNDATION (R.A.)
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM THE WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM FOUNDATION (WHF) IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR ALL OF HUMANITY. ONE OF THE WHF S GOALS IS ORGANIZING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST FORUMS, WHICH PROVIDE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR WORLD LEADERS TO STUDY AND PERSONALLY DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND COMMEMORATE ITS VICTIMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2005 FOLLOWING THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST FORUM IN KRAKOW POLAND AND MARKED THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. RECOGNIZING THAT THE WORLD WILL SOON LOSE THE LAST OF THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND IN LIGHT OF THE TROUBLING UPSURGE OF GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM, THE WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO ETERNALIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND TO FOSTER TOLERANCE BETWEEN RELIGIONS AND NATIONALITIES IN THE ASPIRATION OF ELIMINATING ALL FORMS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA. THE SUPPORT AND PATRONAGE FOR THE WHF AND ITS ACTIVITIES IS GRANTED BY PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE 17
LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! GUESTS AND PARTICIPANTS OF INTERNATIONAL FORUMS 2005-2010
WORLD HOLOCAUST FORUM THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! FORUM WAS HELD ON JANUARY 27, 2005, IN KRAKOW, POLAND, TO MARK 60 YEARS SINCE THE LIBERATION OF THE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. THE FORUM WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 30 OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS AND HEADS OF STATE, INCLUDING PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION VLADIMIR PUTIN PRESIDENT OF POLAND ALEKSANDER KWAŚNIEWSKI PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL MOSHE KATSAV PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO PRESIDENT OF GERMANY HORST KÖHLER PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA HEINZ FISCHER PRESIDENT OF BULGARIA GEORGI PARVANOV PRESIDENT OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO SVETOZAR MAROVIĆ PRESIDENT OF CROATIA STJEPAN MESIĆ PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA TRAIAN BĂSESCU PRESIDENT OF ESTONIA ARNOLD RÜÜTEL PRESIDENT OF LATVIA VAIRA VĪĶE-FREIBERGA U.S. VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA ADRIENNE LOUISE CLARKSON PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA ANDRANIK MARGARYAN PRIME MINISTER OF LITHUANIA ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS CROWN PRINCESS OF SWEDEN VICTORIA PRINCE OF DENMARK JOACHIM MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE MICHEL BARNIER THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! FORUM TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2006, IN KIEV, UKRAINE, TO COMMEMORATE 65 YEARS SINCE THE BABI YAR TRAGEDY. THE FORUM WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 60 OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS. THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! FORUM WAS HELD ON JANUARY 27, 2010, IN KRAKOW, POLAND, AND MARKED 65 YEARS SINCE THE LIBERATION OF THE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. THE THIRD FORUM WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 100 DEPUTIES FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LED BY JERZY BUZEK, OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU LIBERATORS IVAN MARTYNUSHKIN AND YAKOV VINNICHENKO WERE THE FORUM S GUESTS OF HONOUR. THE THIRD LET MY PEOPLE LIVE! FORUM WAS HELD UNDER THE HONORARY PATRONAGE OF PRESIDENT OF POLAND LECH KACZYŃSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT JERZY BUZEK AND THE FIRST PERMANENT PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL HERMAN VAN ROMPUY. U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND PRESIDENT OF FRANCE NICOLAS SARKOZY SENT THEIR RECORDED MESSAGES TO THE FORUM PARTICIPANTS. 19
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