Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Keeping The Memory Alive



Keeping The Memory Alive - International Poster Competition 2012 is a project funded by the grant programme of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF). Partnering in the project: Yad Vashem, Israel, together with the Israel Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs; Mémorial de la Shoah, France; and the European Shoah Legacy Institute, Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme.

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A Continuum of Remembrance 
Yom HaShoah Observance
Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of New Mexico
Sun 22 Apr 2012 @ 1:30 pm


This year's Yom HaShoah observance represents the importance and power of passing the memories of the final generation of Holocaust survivors to the next generation.

The Keynote Speaker is Renee Firestone, a survivor of the Auschwitz - Birkenau concentration camp and an international leader in social justice and Holocaust education. She is the founding lecturer for the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Educational Outreach Program in Los Angeles. A reception will follow the program @ 3:00 pm.

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