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International conference at Yad Vashem: how to respond to Holocaust denial?
Updated: 11/Jun/2010 15:33
Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Hall of Names.
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JERUSALEM (EJP)---Some 200 decision makers in the field of education, from approximately 40 countries will participate in a unique educational conference at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

The 7th International Conference on Holocaust Education and Remembrance, held by the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, will take place on Saturday night and Sunday.  

 
Participants are decision makers and opinion shapers in their respective countries, including philosophers, historians, human rights activists, educators, politicians, ambassadors, and directors of various government ministries.
 
They will coming from 40 countries including Austria, Australia, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, and the United States
 
During the course of the Conference numerous questions will be addressed, including: How should international organizations grapple with Holocaust denial? How should they respond to those who wish to diminish the Holocaust? Should visiting Holocaust-related sites be compulsory for high school students? Should educational authorities co-fund these trips? How do we teach about different historical contexts without a competition between the suffering of victims of different totalitarian regimes?  How do we avoid falling into the pattern of always referring to the Jewish people as victims? By marking a few Holocaust memorial days over the course of the year, are we highlighting or diminishing its meaning?
 
Among the speakers at the conference will be Israeli Minister of Education Gideon Sa’ar, French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut, Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Dr. Yitzchak Arad, Dr. Samuel Pisar, Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Dr. Leonidas Donskis, a member of the European Parliamen, former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and former Croatian President Stjepan Mesić. 
 
At the end of the discussions, recommendations will be presented to the representatives of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) at its plenary meetings taking place in Jerusalem from June 14-17. 
 
The ITF, which is currently chaired by Israel, was established in order to raise awareness and education about the Holocaust through international cooperation. 
 
There are presently 27 member states in the ITF, and 7 countries are in various stages of candidacy for acceptance into the organization.  
 
 


 

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