International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Date: 27 January 2024, 14:00–16:00
- Location: Lecture hall E22 (entrance Almedalsbiblioteket)
- Type: Cultural event
- Organiser: Biblioteken på Gotland, Region Gotland, Uppsala universitet, Rädda Barnen, Röda Korset, Länsstyrelsen Gotland
- Contact person: Caroline Asserlund
Join us in honouring the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and show your support for the equal value of all people.
We gather to listen to speeches, a lecture, a book talk and klezmer music, as well as the presentation of who is receiving the Emerich Roth award.
On January 27, people all over the world gather in an annual manifestation. It is the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust – the same date that the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated in 1945.
P R O G R A M M E:
- Introduction
- Welcome speech by County Governor Anders Flanking
- Lecture by Carl Henrik Carlsson at the Hugo Valentin Centre at Uppsala University
- Fruit break in the foyer with Klezmer music by the Gotland World Orchestra
- Book talk with Joanna Rubin Dranger
- Presentation of the Emerich Roth award
- Closing Speech by Regional Director Stefan Hollmark
The event will be held in Swedish. Free admission, limited number of seats, no pre-registration.
The event is arranged by Biblioteken på Gotland, Region Gotland, Uppsala universitet, Rädda Barnen, Röda Korset, Länsstyrelsen Gotland.