Online Presentation - "Australia: An Unlikely Home"
After the end of the Second World War, a group of young Holocaust survivors eventually found a new home in Melbourne, Australia. They became known as the “Buchenwald Boys”. Ms. Suzanne Hampel, the daughter of one of these survivors speaks about the experience of her father, and the impact of Holocaust survivors who found a new home and refuge in Australia after the Holocaust.
20 March 2025 - Virtual Discussion "Women in Auschwitz"
Join the online discussion “Women in Auschwitz” with Dr. Sarah Cushman, Holocaust historian and Director of the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University. His Excellency Mr. Krzysztof Szczerski, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations will deliver opening remarks.opening remarks.
3 March 2025 - Film Screening and Discussion: Here Lived: The Stolpersteine Story
Through tracing the story of the Stolpersteine (stumbling stones), Here Lived focuses on the generational trauma suffered by families impacted by atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during the Second World War.
2 March 2025 - Film Screening and Discussion: Bau, Artist at War
Bau, Artist at War is based on the true love story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau, whose wedding took place in secret in the Plaszow concentration camp during the Holocaust. Using his artistic skills and sense of humour in the camps, Joseph manages to stay alive and ultimately helps hundreds to escape.
29 January 2025 - Film Screening and Discussion: UnBroken
In the film, Beth Lane embarks on an international quest to uncover answers about the plight of her mother and her mother’s six siblings who, as mere children, escaped Nazi Germany relying solely on their own youthful bravado and the kindness of German strangers.
23 January 2025 - Book Launch and Discussion with Professor Debórah Dwork, Author of "Saints and Liars"
Saints and Liars tells the stories of American aid workers during the Holocaust and, exploring their experiences, illuminates the moral questions they encountered, the devastating decisions they had to make, and the role of unpredictable and irrational factors on the ground, at a particular moment, in shaping individual fates.
27 January 2025 - United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony
鶹ý Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust takes place on 27 January 2025, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945.
The November Pogrom: A Violent Rupture to the Sense of “Home and Belonging”
In this virtual lecture, Professor Debórah Dwork shared the experiences of individuals and families impacted by the November Pogrom, illuminating how public events permanently reshaped the private lives of countless people.
21 November 2024 - Virtual Discussion "Persecution and Resistance: LGBTIQ+ People Under Nazi Rule"
The virtual panel discussion focuses on the persecution of LGBTIQ+ people from 1933-1945 under Nazi rule and occupation. Responses and resistance, and the fight for recognition after the end of the Holocaust by LGBTIQ+ survivors, will be considered.
7 November 2024 - Virtual Discussion “Courage and Compassion: Jewish Resistance in Nazi-occupied Belgium”
The discussion considers the wide range of acts of resistance, rescue and aid organized through or by the Jewish community in Nazi-occupied Belgium.
A Story Never Finished: The Legacy of Anne Frank
12 June 2024 marked the 95th year since Anne Frank was born. On Friday, 14 June 2024, the United Nations honoured Anne Frank's legacy at a special event held next to the Anne Frank tree in the garden of United Nations Headquarters, New York.
18 June 2024 - Virtual discussion "Photography as Resistance During the Holocaust"
Join our online discussion led by an esteemed panel who will speak about Jewish photographers - some professional, some amateur - who resisted Nazi dehumanization during the Holocaust by documenting the horrific actions of the Nazis and their collaborators.
“Tell the world what happened” - Permanent exhibition on the Holocaust and the United Nations updated
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme is pleased to present an updated permanent exhibition on the Holocaust, online and at United Nations Headquarters in New York in all six UN official languages.
Art and the Holocaust - Interview with Jürgen Kaumkötter, Center for Persecuted Arts
In this interview, Mr. Jürgen Joseph Kaumkötter, Director of the Center for Persecuted Arts discusses the invaluable contribution of artists who experienced the Holocaust to Holocaust education and remembrance. He reflects on the powerful statement these artists made against Nazi dehumanization.
Video Series | In Their Names
The Holocaust had a profound impact on the world. Decades later, it continues to reverberate, touching the lives of people around the globe, and shaping the choices they make, and their values. In Their Names invites five individuals from diverse regions to share with us how they have been shaped by their encounter with the history of the Holocaust. Speakers include educators, writers and human rights advocates, and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor.