Remembering the Kindertransport
Beginning in the mid-1930s, worldwide efforts were made to bring persecuted Jewish children out of Germany. As Hitler set his sights on conquest, the lives of boys and girls from other nations were...
Tag: Holocaust
September 23, 2021
Memory, Anti-Semitism and the Great Iasi Pogrom
“Even if there were no gas chambers at Iasi, still everything else was there: thousands of Jews perished in countless manners. Everything happened: the terror, the threats, the sealed boxcars,...
In the News
April 15, 2021
Coverage of B’nai B’rith World Center Jerusalem 2021 Yom HaShoah Ceremony
The B’nai B’rith International World Center-Jerusalem received significant coverage of our 20th annual joint Yom HaSHoah ceremony with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael...
Media Releases
April 8, 2021
B’nai B’rith Commemorates Yom HaShoah With Virtual And In-Person Events Around The World
Hosts First-Ever Clubhouse Yom HaShoah Name Reading, Featuring Young Leaders Romanian Ambassador to Israel Radu Ioanid Speaks at Jewish Rescuer Ceremony in Israel (Washington, D.C., April 8,...
In the News
April 8, 2021
B’nai B’rith Hosts Holocaust Remembrance Event on Clubhouse
Rebecca Rose, Associate Director of Development & Special Projects at B’nai B’rith International, and Josh Sushan, board member for B’nai B’rith Connect joined Wake Up...
In the News
April 7, 2021
Porto Holocaust Museum Inaugurated Ahead of Remembrance Events
Israel Hayom quoted B’nai B’rith International President Charles Kaufman in its coverage of the Holocaust Museum of Oporto (Porto) opening its doors, something B’nai...
In the News
April 6, 2021
Remembrance and Education: Yom HaShoah and the Synagogue in Babyn Yar
The Jerusalem Post covered the upcoming dedication of a symbolic synagogue at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) near Kyiv, which...
Media Releases
February 2, 2021
The EU, UNESCO, The Council of Europe, ODIHR and the IHRA Share Holocaust Remembrance Commitments at B’nai B’rith International Event
(Brussels, Feb. 2, 2021)—B’nai B’rith International extends its thanks to the European Commission, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and...
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January 28, 2021
Holocaust Remembrance Day is Marked in Latin America
Jewish communities in countries across Latin America held events to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.Due to the pandemic commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Latin America was...