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Oct11

Shoah: Pope Francis Encourages the ‘Yahad-In Unum’ Association

Pope Francis sent a blessing and a message of encouragement and “spiritual closeness” to the “Yahad-In Unum worldwide association, which unites Catholics and Jews at the service of the same cause.” “Yahad-In Unum is the principal Association tha...

Oct11

UNESCO and Yahad-In Unum join forces on Holocaust and genocide education

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Founder and President of Yahad-In Unum(link is external), Father Patrick Desbois, have signed a partnership agreement to strengthen cooperation between the two organizations in the field of Holocaust and geno...

Apr28

St. Francis College, Brooklyn Awards Father Desbois an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters

On Friday, April 28, Father Patrick Desbois received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Francis College Brooklyn. Before the official ceremony, Father Desbois led an informal workshop for 50 students on the Holocaust by bullets and its conte...

Apr28

City of Valencia Hosts “Roma Memory” Exhibition, created by Yahad-In Unum, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

For the first time in Spain, Yahad-In Unum’s “Roma Memory” exhibit, which presents the genocide of the Roma people through Yahad’s original research, is on display at the iconic Paula de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia. The exhibi...

Apr25

Milwaukee Jewish Federation inaugurates “Holocaust by Bullets” exhibit with opening speech by Father Desbois

More than 250 people came out to see Father Patrick Desbois’s speech at the opening of the “Holocaust by Bullets” exhibit in Milwaukee, hosted by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation! Learn more about the exhibit in Milwaukee through a profil...

Apr13

Ann Curry, Distinguished Journalist and Board Member of American Friends of Yahad-In Unum, meets with the Yahad team in Paris

On April 13, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ann Curry to our offices. Ann Curry is a recognized news journalist and also serves on the Board of Directors for American Friends of Yahad-In Unum. During her visit with our team, she shared her own experienc...

Apr5

YIU Continues to Teach Holocaust History Across Guatemala

The Museo del Holocausto Guatemala, funded by Yahad-In Unum, launched the opening of the “Holocaust by Bullets” exhibit at the Training Center for Women in San Cristôbal in Totonicapán, Guatemala, where it will be on display until June 26. T...

Mar23

Viterbo University Welcomes 650+ People for Father Desbois’s Lecture on the Holocaust by Bullets

On March 23, Father Desbois gave a lecture on the Holocaust by Bullets as a part of the Ethics Lecture Series organized by D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics and Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. The event gathered more than 650 people t...

Mar22

Yahad Participates in International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Conference on Remembering Mass Killing Sites

From March 22-23, Yahad-In Unum participated in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s [IHRA] conference on “As Mass Murder Began: Remembering and Identifying the Killing Sites of Summer-Fall 1941” in Vilnius, Lithuania. As p...

Mar17

Yahad Leads Educational Trip to Poland for Students from ORT Daniel Mayar High School

From March 17-24, Yahad-In Unum led a group of 27 students, from ORT Daniel Mayer, a Jewish high school in Montreuil, France, on an educational trip to Poland to visit sites of Jewish memory. The trip was the culmination of months of preparation with the ...