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January 27, 2022
Holocaust remembrance and education in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide.
The disturbing spread of neo-Nazism and other extremist groups and the growing climate of intolerance and antisemitism makes the work of the Programme particularly urgent. Through its educational activities about the Holocaust, the Programme calls on all generations to use their voice to stand up for human rights, challenge discrimination, antisemitism and racism, and defend essential democratic values in their communities.
Running to Live - Sylvia Weiner
Apr 15, 1974
Montreal, Canada
Sylvia Weiner runs up to 10 kilometers every day. Running isn’t just a way of life, it saved her life.“Without running, my life would have slipped into some bad times,” Sylvia says. During World War II the 12-year old Sylvia was transported between three concentration camps Majdanek, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen in Poland. She lost her parents and seven siblings, who were taken away to the Treblinka extermination camp. More than 1 million people, mostly Jews and other perceived enemies of the Nazis died in Auschwitz. Many were gassed to death in the bathhouses, while others died from overwork, disease and...