Dear Colleagues,
Implementing the decision of the participants of the International Conference on Welfare for Holocaust Survivors and Other victims of Nazi persecution, the European Shoah Legacy Institute prepared an appeal to the European Commission on behalf of civil society to appoint a Special Coordinator on Holocaust Issues.
The Special Coordinator would dedicate efforts in co-operation with EU institutions to monitor, provide technical guidance and advocate (for) the implementation of the Terezin Declaration and curbing the Anti-Semitism according to the Berlin Declaration, the Stockholm Declaration and the Article 13 of the European Commission Treaty, which commit Member States to uphold the highest standards of human rights and non-discrimination, as well as the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Coordinator would work in cooperation with civil society and national Special Envoys on anti-Semitism and Holocaust Issues, according to the existing commitments of the European Commission and the relevant European Parliament Resolutions.
We sincerely hope that the European Commission Coordinator on Holocaust Issues would be critical in dealing with anti-Semitism and the Terezin Declaration, in particular, financial support to civil society organizations providing care to Holocaust survivors and other victims of Nazi persecution, restitution issues and the recovery of looted art, Holocaust education, research and remembrance.
If you support the appeal to the European Commission on appointing the Coordinator on Holocaust Issues, please fill out the online petition by 18:00, 25th September 2015 The appeal will be send to the European Commission on 29 September 2015. We will also present this appeal at the Colloquium on Anti-Semitism and hatred crimes on 1-2 October 2015 in Brussels.
НА РУССКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ
http://shoahlegacy.org/esli-podhotovil-obrashchenie-k-europeiskoi-komissii/
http://shoahlegacy.org/obrashchenie-grazhdanskoho-obshcestva/
Already joined the Appeal -
1. Welfare Foundation “Hesed Shaarey Zion” - БФ “Хесед шаарей Цион” - Ukraine
2. Non Profit Charity Foundation of Social Support “Family Center” - БФ “Семейный центр” (Russia)
3. YAD SARAH - יד שרה (Israel)
4. European Jewish Community Centre - Belgium
5. Jan Lorman - Česká republika
6. Jewish community of Teplice - Česká republika
7. The Federation of Jewish Communities of Slovakia - Slovakia
8. The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) - United Kingdom
9. Baroness Ruth Deech - United Kingdom
10. Rafael Institut - Česká republika
11. The Association of the Romanies in Moravia - Společenství Romů na Moravě - Česká republika
12. Polish Roma Association in Szczecinek - Zwiazek Romów Polskich w Szczecinku - Poland
13. Terezin Memorial - Czech Republic
14. Chantal Maas - Roumanie/Belgique/Hongrie
15. Rehabilitation Center of St. Paul - Реабілітаційний центр Св. Павла - Ukraine
16. Ukrainian Charity “Turbota pro Litnih v Ukraini”( Age concern) - Ukraine
17. Jewish Community of Prague -Complex Home Care of Ezra - Czech Republic
18. Association of Citizens Banished from the Borderlands in 1938 - Czech Republic
19. Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODŻ) - Poland
20. Rohatyn Jewish Heritage - Poland
21. Bundesverband Information & Beratung für NS-Verfolgte e.V. - Germany
22. Non-governmental organization «Tula regional Jewish Charitable Center «Hasdei Nesham - Russia
23. The Association of Holocaust Survivors in Sweden
24. Jewish Community in Decin - Czech Republic
25. Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation - Poland
26. International Auschwitz Committee - Germany
27. Central Board of Jewish Welfare in Germany
28. Eva Smolková - Keulemansová, Shoah Survivor - Czech Republic
29. Bastiaan Belder, Member of the European Parliament - Netherlands
30. Dutch Jewish Social Services - Netherlands
31. European Council of Jewish Communities - Greece
32. CENTRAL BOARD OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN GREECE
33. Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
34. HESED-RAKHAMIM - Belarus
35. Living Memory, p. b. o. - Czech Republic
36. Commission for Art Recovery - France
37. Bet Tzedek Legal Sevices - USA