Norway Ceremonies to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2016 Organiser: Contact details: What: Where: Center for Studies of Visitor address: Huk aveny 56, 0287 The National ceremony for the Holocaust Remembrance Day is The memorial to Holocaust and Religious Oslo marked with a traditional ceremony at the site of the memorial to deported Minorities (The Holocaust Postal address: Postboks 1168, deported Norwegian Jews. The ceremony consists of speeches, Norwegian Center) Blindern, 0318 Oslo cultural performances and the lighting of candles, and is attended by Jews, Phone: +47 22 84 21 00 representatives of the Norwegian Government, various groups who Akershuskaia, (Senter for studier av Mail: [email protected] were victims of the Holocaust, and Jewish schoolchildren. In 2016 Oslo Holocaust og Website: http://www.hlsenteret.no/ Prime Minister Erna Solberg is the main speaker. There will be short livssynsminoriteter) speeches from representatives of the Jewish Community in Oslo, Roma people, Prisoners of War, disabled people, Romani, LLH (National Association for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons). The ceremony is open to everyone and will be concluded with a gathering at Akershus Fortress. At the Fortress there will be serving of soup, lectures and musical performances. Center for Studies of Visitor address: Huk aveny 56, 0287 The Education Department at the Holocaust Centre organizes a lesson Artilleriloftet, Holocaust and Religious Oslo for all Norwegian school classes available online. The pupils get to Akershus Minorities (The Holocaust Postal address: Postboks 1168, know the stories of Siegmund Korn and Karl Peter Federer, one of Fortress Center), Education Blindern, 0318 Oslo them fled Norway and survived, the other was killed in Auschwitz- Department Phone: +47 22 84 21 00 Birkenau. In the weeks prior to the Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mail: [email protected] pupils around the country are invited to submit questions to be (Senter for studier av Website: http://www.hlsenteret.no/ discussed on January 27. Survivor Siegmund Korn will be present on Holocaust og the Holocaust Remembrance Day to answer selected questions and livssynsminoriteter, talk about his story with two or three participating school classes. Undervisningsavdelingen) Furthermore, the conversation will be streamed (legge til lenke?). The Education Department at the Holocaust Center has also developed teaching material especially for the Holocaust Remembrance Day. Besøksadresse: Postadresse: Telefon: 22 84 21 00 E-post: [email protected] Villa Grande Postboks 1168 Blindern Telefaks: 22 84 21 01 www.hlsenteret.no Huk aveny 56 0318 Oslo Falstad Centre Visitor and postal address: The Falstad Centre continues its annual tradition commemorating Falstad, Nord- Falstadvegen 59, 7624 Ekne The International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In coordination with Trøndelag (Falstadsenteret) Phone: +47 74 02 80 40 Skogn and Sund college we invite everyone to join us for a Mail: [email protected] commemorative march and memorial service in the Falstad forest, Website: http://falstadsenteret.no/ followed by the screening of the 1987 Norwegian movie “The Feldmann Case” at Festiviteten, Levanger. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is hosted by Falstad on Wednesday 27. January, 2016, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. In 2005 the United Nations General Assembly designated the date for international commemoration honouring the victims of the holocaust. In 2016 we will be focusing on the themes of flight and refuge, and The International Holocaust Remembrance day will be the first in a series of events tied to the tenth year anniversary of The Falstad Centre. Students from the two colleges will participate in various workshops based on the themes and the history of the Falstad prison camp. During this time they will be able to share their reflections with their fellow students on topics ranging from the Norwegian Holocaust, Nazi ideology, prisoner history, human rights and current day issues. After the workshops there will be a torchlight procession to the memorial site at the Falstad Forest. The day will conclude with a student organized concert and photography exhibit at Festiviteten in the city of Levanger, as well as a screening of the Norwegian movie “The Feldmann Case”, detailing the attempted flight of the Jewish Feldmann family from Norway to Sweden in 1942. Espeland Prison Camp Visitor address: Moldamyrane 81, The Foundation marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day Arna, Bergen Foundation 5267 Espeland every year. Adults and young people gather for appeals, speeches and Postal address: Postboks 19, serving of refreshments. In 2016, Torgeir Skorgen, researcher and (Stiftelsen Espeland 5888 Bergen member of the board of the foundation, will give a lecture on the Fangeleir) Mail: [email protected] book project about the tragic destiny of a Jewish family from Website: www.espeland-fangeleir.no Trondheim. North Sea Traffic Museum Visitor and postal address: Nipen, A ceremony, including the lighting of candles. The play “Sarah with Telavåg, 5380 Telavåg a J” - about the arrests of the Norwegian Jews, will be played for Hordaland (Nordsjøfartsmuseet) Phone: +47 56 32 74 40 schoolchildren in the museum. Mail: . [email protected] Website: www.museumvest.no Jewish Museum Trondheim, Visitor address: Event at Trondheim Public Library. Academic talks by Trondheim Jewish Culture Festival Arkitekt Christies gate 1B, 7012 representatives of Norwegian authorities and scholars from The Public Library Trondheim, The Mosaic Trondheim University of Oslo and The Holocaust Center. Open to the public. (Folke- Faith Community Postal address: Postboks 3563, Participants: biblioteket), Trondheim Hospitalsløkka, 7419 Trondheim - Thorvald Stoltenberg Rådhussalen, Phone: + 47 915 73 401 - Norwegian Cabinet minister in the Ministry of Local Government Peter Egges (Jødisk museum Trondheim, Mail: and Modernisation, Anne Karin Olli plass 1, Jødisk kulturfestival, [email protected] - Professor at University of Oslo, Bernt Hagtvet Trondheim Mosaisk trossamfunn Website : http://jodiskemuseum.no/ - Research scholar at the Holocaust Center, Vibeke Moe Trondheim) Jewish Museum Oslo Visitor and postal address: Preview of the documentary “Husk oss til livet” [Remember us]. In Calmeyers gate 15 b, 0183 Oslo the documentary Norwegian Jews tells about the arrest of close (Jødisk museum Oslo) Phone: +47 22 20 84 00 family members, flight and life after Holocaust. Mail: [email protected] Website: The documentary will be showed on national TV (NRK2) on the http://jodiskmuseumoslo.no/ International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Stiftelsen Arkivet (Archive Visitor and postal address: Stiftelsen Arkivet, The Municipality of Kristiansand, Vest-Agder Red Kristiansand, Foundation), Municipality Vesterveien 4, 4614 Kristiansand Cross and United Nations Association of Norway (Southern Norway) Vest-Agder of Kristiansand, Vest-Agder Phone: + 47 38 10 74 00 will hold a three-day event where more than 1500 pupils (aged 15) in Red Cross and United Mail: [email protected] Kristiansand and Arendal will take part in an educational programme. Nations Association of Website: The event starts with a 30 minutes plenum session, including appeals Norway (Southern Norway) http://www.stiftelsen-arkivet.no/ and musical contributions, the pupils then are divided into groups alternating between different workshops. Here the pupils will meet (Stiftelsen Arkivet, Holocaust survivor Edit Notowicz, journalist and writer Monica Kristiansand kommune, Csango and other representatives from the municipality and from the Vest-Agder Røde Kors og organizations Stiftelsen Arkivet, Red Cross, UN and Forum for FN-sambandet Norge (Sør- levande historia in Stockholm. Norge) Narviksenteret and Red Visitor address: Torvsvingen 15 Schoolchildren are invited to the War Museum to commemorate the Narvik, Cross War Museum Postal address: Postboks 700, 8509 Jewish families from Narvik who died after being deported to Nordland Narvik Auschwitz. After an introduction on the topic follows walking to (Narviksenteret og Røde Phone: + 47 76 94 44 26 Stolpersteins in Narvik city centre. Kors Krigsmuseum) Mail: [email protected] Website: www.narviksenteret.no Schoolchildren and population are invited to appeal and laying of flowers at Beisfjord memorial site (located 10 km from Narvik) commemorating Yugoslavian and Soviet POWs who lost their lives in concentration camps established by Nazi-Germany in Norway. Local population is invited to the War Museum to a lecture about victims of Holocaust in Narvik area – the Jewish families from Narvik and POWs in Beisfjord concentration camp, followed by walking to Stolpersteins in Narvik city centre and lighting candles there. The Vestfold Museums Visitor address: Museumsgaten 39, On January 23, writer Thomas Nilsen gives a talk about the book The Whaling 3210 Sandefjord “Familiene som forsvant. Den jødiske befolkningen i Vestfold 1880- Museum, (Vestfoldmuseene) Postal address: Postboks 1247, 3205 1945” [The Families that disappeared. The Jewish Population in Vestfold, Sandefjord Vestfold 1880-1945]. Ulla Nachstern from the Vestfold Archives will January 23, at Phone: +47 970 85 504 give the introduction. The event is open to all. 13:00-15:00 Mail: [email protected] Website: http://vestfoldmuseene.no/ (Hvalfangst- Link to the event: museet) http://vestfoldmuseene.no/arrangeme nter/markering-av-holocaustdagen-