International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 16th February 2012

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre

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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Details : International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Alliance Française de Delhi in association with the Embassy of Israel and the Embassy of France will commemorate, for the first time in New Delhi, Holocaust Memorial Day.
The Holocaust refers to the state-sponsored annihilation of European Jews by the Nazi state and its allies in the period before and during the Second World War (1932-45). Approximately 6 million Jews perished and were the main victims. The Nazis also targeted Gypsies, homosexuals, Slavs and political dissidents. The traumatic events of the Holocaust utterly scarred and shaped the history and politics of the 21st century. The need to remember and commemorate the events is indisputable.
The thematic of the commemoration will be to broadly describe the significance of the Holocaust in the present with an aim to suggesting how it is relevant for Indian audiences. The commemoration will begin with addresses by Mr. Francois Richier, Ambassador of France and Mr. Alon Ushpiz, Ambassador of Israel.

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