Responsibility for the Holocaust

The "Elie Wiesel" Institute commemorates the victims of Roma genocide during the Holocaust period and draws attention to the fact that discrimination and racism are still a vulnerability of society.

"The setting in Jasenovac is one of the worst exhibitions I've ever seen. This is a true example of blurring the history of the Holocaust and Croatia is not the only country to do it," said Dr. Laurence Weinbaum, President of the World Jewish Congress, after visiting the memorial site of the infamous Ustasha Jasenovac camp.

Recent events commemorating the Holocaust should make us think about the recent re-emergence of anti-Semitism in Greece as well as the rest of Europe. 

The phenomenon is in full swing and must be dealt with effectively. 

The Holocaust Museum that will be erected in Thessaloniki is a "weapon in the battle of memory against forgetfulness," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said at a ceremony in the northern port city, where he laid the foundation stone for the new institution together with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who is in Greece on an official visit.

As I write, it is the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day of 2018. I have a glimmer of hope that the world is finally going to start learning about the most "monstrous death camp" from WWII — Jasenovac.

The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, which it described as "humanity's small tribute to the memory of the millions of Jews exterminated in the Nazi concentration camps."

It is estimated that some 60,000 Greek Jews died during World War II.

The Serbian government announced this on Tuesday, adding that the exhibition will be opened on January 25 at the United Nations building in New York City, organized by historians from seven countries.

The exhibition is the first staged at the UN by the GH7 international expert group of historians from seven countries, 72 years after the end of the Second World War.

A 88-year-old woman was found guilty on charges of denying the Holocaust and sparking ethnic hatred. The verdict is a court case in the federal German capital. Ursula Haferberk was sentenced to six months in prison.

Many sites of mass murder committed during World War II in Yugoslavia are neglected or left unmarked, according to new research by the Centre for Holocaust Research and Education, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Serbia and the Faculty of Philosophy from Rijeka, Croatia.

Romania's parliament has approved legislation allowing direct financial support to Holocaust survivors in the former Nazi ally state during World War Two, the architect of the law said on Friday, Reuters reported.