Celebração no âmbito da Memória das Vitimas do Holocausto, entre os dias 25 e 27 de janeiro de 2022.
Online Ceremony
Remembering the Holocaust
Thursday, 27 January 2022 – 6 p.m. (Paris time GMT+1)
This year, UNESCO’s official commemoration ceremony will take place online, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony will include high-level remarks by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, H.E. Mr Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and H.E. Mr. Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel.
With the participation of violinist Renaud Capuçon, UNESCO Artist for Peace performing from UNESCO Headquarters, and cantor and mezzo-soprano Sofia Falkovitch performing from the Mémorial de la Shoah.
Online Panel Discussion
“Our martyr artists: the book of memory of the
Jewish artists of the Ecole de Paris”
Thursday, 27 January 2022 – 3 p.m. (Paris time GMT+1)
UNESCO and the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Judaïsme are organizing an online round table to highlight the work and legacy of the journalist and writer Hersh Fenster and that of the 84 Jewish artists that he has portrayed in his book “Our martyr artists”, published in Yiddish in 1951.
With the participation of Annette Wieviorka, historian, Rachel Perry, art historian, and Chantal Ringuet, writer and translator.
Exhibition Launch Online
“Generations: Portraits of Holocaust survivors”
Tuesday, 25 January 2022 – 5 p.m. (Paris time GMT+1)
UNESCO and the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain present the exhibition “Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors” in partnership with the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the Imperial War Museum, Jewish News, the Association of Jewish Refugees, the Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to UNESCO, the Permanent Delegation of the Principality of Monaco to UNESCO and the World Jewish Congress. It showcases over 50 contemporary photos of Holocaust survivors and their families, shining a light on the full lives they have lived and the collective responsibility to cherish their stories. It features new works from 12 contemporary photographers, including Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.
The exhibition will be on display on the fences of UNESCO Headquarters from 20 January – 4 February 2022 - 7, place de Fontenoy Paris 75007.