Racism in Europe

AJC Decries Arizona Plan to Use Zyklon B for Prisoner Executions

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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NEW YORK, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) is firmly denouncing Arizona's widely reported plan to use a Holocaust era poisonous gas to execute prisoners.

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  • NEW YORK, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) is firmly denouncing Arizona's widely reported plan to use a Holocaust era poisonous gas to execute prisoners.
  • No one in Arizona has been executed since 1999, but the state's attorney recently requested that two of the 115 inmates on death row be executed, and a chamber where Zyklon B will be used has been prepared.
  • The full AJC statement follows:
    "Arizona's decision to employ Zyklon B gas as a means of execution defies belief.
  • "So long as the death penalty is legally acceptable, one must be prepared to accept some level of cruelty in the process.

International March of the Living pays tribute to medical resistance and heroes of the Holocaust in symposium dedicated to "Medicine and Morality"

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Thursday, April 1, 2021
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The program will include testimony from survivors who were both persecuted by Nazi doctors as well as saved by medical professionals during the Holocaust.

Key Points: 
  • The program will include testimony from survivors who were both persecuted by Nazi doctors as well as saved by medical professionals during the Holocaust.
  • It will also feature world renowned medical professionals and researchers who will discuss medical resistance during the Holocaust, the legacy of Nazi medicine and what the Holocaust can teach us about the ethics of care.
  • Participating organizations includethe World Medical Association,Department of Education of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics, Israeli Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association, Indian Medical Association, South African Medical Association and many others.
  • From a nation that was condemned to death and destruction during the Holocaust, we are a people engaged in preserving life".

International March of the Living pays tribute to medical resistance and heroes of the Holocaust in symposium dedicated to "Medicine and Morality"

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Thursday, April 1, 2021
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The program will include testimony from survivors who were both persecuted by Nazi doctors as well as saved by medical professionals during the Holocaust.

Key Points: 
  • The program will include testimony from survivors who were both persecuted by Nazi doctors as well as saved by medical professionals during the Holocaust.
  • It will also feature world renowned medical professionals and researchers who will discuss medical resistance during the Holocaust, the legacy of Nazi medicine and what the Holocaust can teach us about the ethics of care.
  • Participating organizations includethe World Medical Association,Department of Education of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics, Israeli Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association, Indian Medical Association, South African Medical Association and many others.
  • From a nation that was condemned to death and destruction during the Holocaust, we are a people engaged in preserving life".

Standing together for a Better Future Without Antisemitism on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
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KINGWOOD, Texas, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The rise of antisemitism is increasing as well as the ages of our Holocaust survivors.

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  • KINGWOOD, Texas, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The rise of antisemitism is increasing as well as the ages of our Holocaust survivors.
  • Their lives experienced the virus of antisemitism that murdered 6 million Jews.
  • The March of Remembrance is an annual memorial walk that began in 2007 on Yom HaShoah (Day of Holocaust Remembrance).
  • If we fail to take a stand against injustice, any of us could end up as a target for persecution.

Message by President Charles Michel for the EJA International Holocaust Remembrance Day event

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
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This tragedy the systematic and industrial elimination of six million children, women, and men is unique in the history of humankind.

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  • This tragedy the systematic and industrial elimination of six million children, women, and men is unique in the history of humankind.
  • Remembering the Holocaust is a moral and a historical duty.
  • But also to renew our allegiance to our deepest human values, negated by the perpetrators of this unspeakable crime, while others remained silent.
  • Since 1945, those who survived the number cut into their skin, did not remain silent.

AJC Welcomes Appointment of Senior Romanian Official for Fighting Antisemitism

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Monday, March 9, 2020
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NEW YORK, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the appointment of Silviu Vexler as Romania's High Representative for Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting the Memory of the Holocaust, and the Development of Jewish Life.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the appointment of Silviu Vexler as Romania's High Representative for Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting the Memory of the Holocaust, and the Development of Jewish Life.
  • His appointment by the government received broad bipartisan support in the Romanian Parliament.
  • Creation of the position follows similar measures taken by several European governments that have established senior level posts to coordinate the fight against antisemitism.
  • AJC, the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, has maintained an international association agreement with FEDROM since 2006.

75th Anniversary of Hungary's Liberation From the Fascist Occupation Was Celebrated in Budapest

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Friday, February 14, 2020
Racism in Europe, Holocaust studies, Human rights abuses, Persecution of Jews, Continents, Budapest, The Holocaust, Responsibility for the Holocaust, Genocide

Historians organized a tour of well-known battle sites and a lecture about the liberation of Budapest and the mission of the Red Army in it.

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  • Historians organized a tour of well-known battle sites and a lecture about the liberation of Budapest and the mission of the Red Army in it.
  • Another important stop of the tour was the Holocaust Victims memorial "Shoes on the bank of Danube," erected in 2005.
  • Massive executions of Jews in Budapest continued until early 1945, with executions in the thousands taking place on the Danube bank to avoid interments.
  • These are the facts we wanted to deliver to Russian citizens, to citizens of other countries touched by the war.Such horrors must not be repeated."

Article - Parliament pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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The European Parliament opened the plenary session of Wednesday 29 January with a solemn ceremony in memory of the six million victims of the Holocaust.

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  • The European Parliament opened the plenary session of Wednesday 29 January with a solemn ceremony in memory of the six million victims of the Holocaust.
  • Whenever we read in newspaper articles of acts of violence, attacks, or racist insults, we must consider these attacks addressed at each of us.
  • In her speech, Liliana Segre, Italian senator for life and survivor of Auschwitz, said: I am extremely moved to be here in the European Parliament.
  • The term Holocaust refers to the mass murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Acquires Sobibor Perpetrator Collection

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today announced an important new addition to its collection.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today announced an important new addition to its collection.
  • The Sobibor Perpetrator Collection provides an unprecedented view into the operations of one of the six killing centers Nazi Germany established for the sole purpose of murdering Jews.
  • The Sobibor Perpetrator Collection consists of 361 photographs and dozens of paper documents.
  • A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.

Stunning Survey Of French Adults Reveals Critical Gaps In Holocaust Knowledge; 25% Of Millennials Have Not Heard ­- Or Don't Think They Have Heard - About The Holocaust

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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Matthew Bronfman, Claims Conference Task Force Chair for the Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, commented,"It is devastating to learn that younger generations do not understand the impact of the Holocaust.

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  • Matthew Bronfman, Claims Conference Task Force Chair for the Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, commented,"It is devastating to learn that younger generations do not understand the impact of the Holocaust.
  • Similar to the Austria survey, France survey respondents revealed a conflict about their country's Holocaust legacy.
  • An overwhelming number of French respondents (58 percent) believe that France was both a victim and a perpetrator of the Holocaust.
  • 45 percent of Millennials are unaware of the French government's collaboration with the Nazi regime during the Holocaust.