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A very important European research infrastructure, based on memory, has recently been made available to European citizens by the EU. Specifically, on March 26, the "European Holocaust Research Infrastructure" (EHRI) presented the result of its four years of work; an online portal that gives access to Holocaust archives.
A large number of sources, (from 1800 archival institutions in 51 countries) which were accessible only to institutions and researchers, will now be available to the general public via the Internet.
The collection of the archives, which is an EU-funded project, was achieved with the contribution of many participants from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Finland, the United Kingdom, Israel and Greece. Specifically, 39 institutions participated from our country, among which Israelitic Community of Thessaloniki, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, The General Archives of the State of various Prefectures, This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. Municipal Nursery of Thessaloniki "Agios Stylianos", the Historical Archive of CreteThe Central Service of the General Archives of the State, the Jewish Museum of ThessalonikiThe Diplomatic and Historical Archive Service, the Greek Literary and Historical Archive-Educational Foundation of the National Bank, the Historical Archive of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece and much more.
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LIFO, 2.2.15: On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, it was published in the magazine LIFO her article below Alkistis Georgiou with the interview of the artist Ms. Artemis Alkalai for her exhibition on "Greek Holocaust Survivors".
For the last two years, the visual artist Artemis Alkalai has been carrying out a huge - in difficulty but also in importance - photographic project. Crossing the whole of Greece (and soon abroad) the Athenian creator contacts and photographs the last remaining Greek Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, carrying out a "silent" study on the trauma and memory that remain indelible after seventy whole years. This "Narrative without words", although it revolves around a visual viewing of the subject, is today perhaps the only record of the few remaining Greeks who managed to survive the Nazi horrors of the concentration camps. A shocking, as well as touching project. More from the creator herself.
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On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Jewish Congress, in cooperation with the Czech Government and the European Parliament, organized a special commemoration ceremony in the Terezin camp, 60 km from Prague, as part of a two-day Congress held on the 26 & January 27, 2015 in Prague. Main theme of 4th International Conference "Let my People Live" was the significant increase in anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia in Europe.
The presidents of the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, the prime minister of the Czech Republic, the president of the European Parliament, many presidents of national parliaments as well as the Knesset, foreign ministers, ambassadors of European states, the national director of the ADL, the IHRA president, distinguished speakers, as well as legal and media experts. Greece was represented by "To POTAMI" by Mr. Miltiadis Kyrkos, Ms. Fotini Tomai-Konstantopoulou, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the first day and the former president of KISE and president of the European Council of Jewish Communities, Mr. Veniamin Albalas.
More: MEMORIAL EVENTS 2015: CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS IN PRAGUE
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The ceremony for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year marked the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation, took place yesterday at the site of the former Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz. Among the international figures, significant was the presence of 300 hostage survivors from 19 countries around the world who were there to raise their voices against anti-Semitism.
Two survivors from Greece, Ms. Fortouni Gani - from Athens, born in Ioannina - and Ms. Naki Bega, from Larissa, participated in the events at Auschwitz as part of the program "The Past is Present" of the WJC.
More: MEMORIAL EVENTS 2015: AUSCHWITZ 70 YEARS SINCE THE LIBERATION PRESENCE OF SURVIVORS HOSTAGES
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Ban Ki-moon on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "The Holocaust was unprecedented in human history. The mass murder was caused by the perverted and racist ideology of the Nazis. Humanity came together to defeat the Nazi menace. Today, we are being tested again."Seventy years ago today, the Allied Forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp".
The entire message of G.G. of the UN:
"Over a million prisoners, mostly Jews, were brutally and systematically murdered where the Nazis introduced the monstrous concept of 'industrialized murder.'" Other victims included non-Jewish Poles, political prisoners, Soviet prisoners of war, Sindi and Roma, homosexuals , invalids and Jehovah's witnesses.
Unprecedented in human history, the mass murder was caused by the perverted, racist ideology of the Nazis, who sought to find and kill every last Jew or anyone else they deemed inferior.