The Holocaust and the UN

Student event "IWITNESS" - The Holocaust and the UN 

23 January 2012

"IWitness " is a new online application which provides a searchable collection of video testimonies of Holocaust survivors, along with educational tools and supporting resources for students. Twelve classes from secondary schools in the New York metropolitan area will be invited to create a research project using "IWitness".

The special event will feature student presentations of their projects using “IWitness” and a Q&A with Roman Kent, a Holocaust survivor, whose testimony is in this collection. Event organized with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education.

Event organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information in partnership with the University’s Shoah Foundation Institute.   The event is co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations.

The Holocaust and the United Nations website

2012 Holocaust Remembrance Day Message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Children

2012 Holocaust Remembrance Day Message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Children

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dedicates his 27 January 2012 Holocaust Remembrance Day message to children.  On this day, the world remembers the 1.5 million Jewish children, and tens of thousands of other children who were murdered by the Nazis and their supporters.  The best tribute to the memory of these children is an ongoing effort to teach the universal lessons of the Holocaust, so that no such horror is visited upon future generations.  The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme is working towards this goal.

The Holocaust and the United Nations website: http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/index.shtml