The Februaristaking (February strike) is a general strike that started on February 25, 1941, in Amsterdam. It was directed aginst anti-Jewish measures, taken by the German occupiers of the Netherlands.The direct cause were pogroms held in the Jewish neighbourhood in Amsterdam. The strike was struck down the next day already, and did not prevent the… Read more »
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Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim Racisms and the Question of Palestine/Israel
Participation fee: 20 GBPThis conference seeks to explore the multiple, complex and inter-related ways that anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim racisms are being constructed in relation to the question of Palestine/Israel. In particular it seeks to examine how the histories of Zionist settlement, anti-colonial and nation-building struggles and 20th century warfare in the Middle East region are… Read more »
Never Again Auschwitz
On January 27, 2015 it will be 70 years since Auschwitz and Birkenau were liberated. Each year this historic event is commemorated in Amsterdam, on the last Sunday in January (This year: January 25).This commemoration will take place at the ‘Auschwitz Never Again-monument’ in the Wertheimpark in Amsterdam. Participants are kindly requested to assemble in… Read more »
Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day was created on 27 January 2000, when representatives from 46 governments around the world met in Stockholm to discuss Holocaust education, remembrance and research. At the end of this meeting, all attendees signed a declaration committing to preserving the memory of those who have been murdered in the Holocaust. This declaration became… Read more »
Chisinau Says Loudly: Never Again
The NGOs “Fatima”, “Moldova without Nazism” and Youth Organization of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly call the people of Chisinau to say loudly “Never Again” to crimes against humanity. They invite everyone to come at the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a poster, photo, and picture, collage which would express their attitude to the… Read more »
Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Programme:-Partisans’ Song -Address by Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND, Secretary General of the Council of Europe -Address by H.E. Mr Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Belgium, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe -Minuet by Johann Sebastian BACH performed on the cello by Amélie ENTZMIGER -Poem… Read more »
