Responsibility for the Holocaust
PM commemorates Holocaust remembrance day, urges vigilance against rising threats
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, describing the extermination of millions of European Jews by the Nazis as "the darkest chapter of modern history."
Museum of Genocide Victims: ''We are concerned about the claims made''
Suljagi's controversial address took place during a conference dedicated to collective memory held on July 10 this year in Srebrenica.
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Israeli envoy, KIS decry Holocaust mural vandalism
The Ambassador of Israel to Greece Noam Katz and the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) condemned the latest defacing of a mural in Thessaloniki marking the deportation of the city's Jewish community to Nazi death camps.
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UN approves resolution condemning denial of Nazi Holocaust
The U.N. General Assembly approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution on Jan. 20 condemning any denial of the Holocaust and urging all nations and social media companies "to take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion."
Romania Makes Jewish History, Holocaust Mandatory School Subject
The history of the Jewish people and the Holocaust will be a mandatory subject from 2023 in all high and vocational schools in Romania after parliament's Senate passed a law.
IntMin Bode: I deeply regret the police involvement in the Iasi Pogrom
Bucharest, June 30 /Agerpres/ - Interior Minister Lucian Bode has voiced regret for the involvement of the police authorities in the Iasi Pogrom, saying that Parliament's solemn session of Wednesday dedicated to the commemoration of the victims of the 1941 pogrom is a strong signal of firm condemnation of this tragic moment for Romania and the Jews of Romania.
Pogrom Commemoration/Saranga: We cannot ignore history between us; we must accept it, learn its lessons
Bucharest, June 30 /Agerpres/ - The Ambassador of the State of Israel in Bucharest, David Saranga, on Wednesday stated, in the context of the commemoration of the victims of the Iasi Pogrom, of June 1941, that Romania must accept "honestly the history" that binds the two countries, and learn from its lessons.
Pogrom Commemoration/Citu: The abominable events a black page in our history; we must protect victims' memory
Prime Minister Florin Citu on Wednesday told the joint plenary sitting of Parliament that the June 1941 Iasi Pogrom represents a "black page" in the history of Romania, and also that Romania needs to take responsibility for its past. He stated that the Pogrom of Iasi was the largest anti-Semitic massacre in Romania in the modern era.
Speaker Orban: The Iasi Pogrom is the bitter lesson of a history not to be forgotten
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday that the Iasi Pogrom is the bitter lesson of a history that, although it moves away from us, must not be forgotten. The Romanian Parliament on Wednesday commemorated for the first time ever the victims of the June 1941 Iasi Pogrom in a solemn session as part of a joint plenary sitting.
Polish leader visits Istanbul monument of envoy who saved Jews from Holocaust
Polish President Andrzej Sebastian Duda has inaugurated a monument erected in the Latin Catholic Cemetery in Istanbul's Şişli district in honor of Wojciech Rychlewicz, a Polish diplomat who served as the mission chief in his country's consulate-general to Istanbul during World War II.