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Czech clergyman proposes the readers themselves choose the names of Holocaust victims to be read on Yom Hashoah this year, whether Jewish or Romani
6.4.2021 9:03
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4 April was Easter Sunday for western Christians, as well as the eighth day of Passover, on which we remember the very sad anniversary of the biggest pogrom ever to take place in Prague in 1389, when a fanaticized Christian mob murdered three-quarters of the inhabitants of the Jewish ghetto. This history means that on the very same day, here and now, some of us were celebrating joyously while others were commemorating a tragedy.
Whenever thereâs an analysis or discussion about how much people know about the Holocaust, the focus is often on what they donât know.
For instance, a 2018 survey of 1,350 people age 18 and older found that 11% of U.S. adults and 22% of millennials had not heard of â or were not sure if they had heard of â the Holocaust.
Almost half of U.S. adults â 45% â and millennials â 49% â could not name one concentration camp or ghetto that was established in Europe during the Holocaust, the survey found.
The survey also showed how thereâs an overwhelming lack of personal connections to the Holocaust. Most Americans â 80% â had never visited a Holocaust museum and two-thirds â 66% â did not know, or know of, a Holocaust survivor. A significant majority of American adults believed that fewer people care about the Holocaust today than before.
NKU President Issues Statement After White-Supremacist Graffiti Found Again On Campus By Travis Thayer A similar incident took place in late January.
(Highland Heights, Ky.) – For the second time this year, white-supremacist graffiti has been found on the campus of Northern Kentucky University.
The latest act of vandalism was reported by President Dr. Ashish Vaidya on Saturday.
The graffiti comes just a little over two months after white-supremacist graffiti and materials were found on campus during International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
President Vaidya released the following statement: NKU will not tolerate the white supremacy graffiti defacing our campus today or any day. This latest act of vandalism is contrary to our core values and our commitment to fostering a more equitable, inclusive environment in which everyone is valued and free from discrimination of any kind. We will fully investigate these acts through the university’s
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Prague Forum for Romani Histories: Joint commemoration of the Jewish and Romani victims of the Holocaust should inspire others
4.4.2021 10:08
Pražské fórum pro romské dějiny - PFRD) the joint commemoration of the Jewish and the Romani victims of the Holocaust should become an inspiration and a model for other initiatives, whether at the local or the state level. The PFRD is responding to the decision taken by the board of directors of the Institute of the Terezín Initiative to no longer read the names of Romani victims of racial persecution during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the commemorative reading of names of the dead on Yom Hashoah.