The Holocaust brutally shook the foundations not only of the Jewish people but of human civilization. Eighty years after the end of World War II and the Shoah, the scars of its searing experiences, events and aftermath remain deeply painful and significant for all nations and cultures.
Key Documents
The foundational document of IHRA, the Stockholm Declaration, which was adopted in the year 2000 and reaffirmed in 2015, opens with these words: “The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is the only intergovernmental organization with
a mandate focused on addressing contemporary challenges related to the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma. We foster education, remembrance, and research about what happened in the past, to build a world without genocide in the future.”