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30th January 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance at the Vatican

The UK is one of 31 members of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), an intergovernmental body born in 1998 to expand Holocaust education worldwide, and to secure political and social leaders’ support behind the need for Holocaust education, remembrance and research both nationally and internationally. In February this year we will take over the rotating […]

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19th December 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Remembering the Holocaust

70 years ago, Europe was the scenario for an unprecedented and horrific experiment: the systematic effort to exterminate an entire race. On 17 December, Foreign Secretary William Hague marked the 70th anniversary of a declaration by the Allies denouncing the barbarous and inhumane treatment of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe – “the bestial policy of cold-blooded […]

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