Opening statements
Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life
Paulina Brandberg, Swedish Minister for Gender Equality and Deputy Minister for Employment
Ambassador Ann Bernes, Chair of the Swedish Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Professor Yehuda Bauer, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Honorary Chair
Conversation
Henriette Kretz, Holocaust Survivor
Annika Schneider, Fellow Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
Reading of a letter from the Warsaw Ghetto
Ariel Briot & Yanael Grundland, Hashomer Hatzair Belgium
Musical interlude
Berceuse op. 39 n° 3 & Impromptu op. 39 n° 6 by Reinhold Glière
Performed by Musica Mundi students (cello & violin)
Commemoration Ceremony
El Maleh Rachamim by Solly Muller
Kaddish by Rabbi Avi Tawil
Lighting of candles
Moment of silence
Conversation on ‘Where the Holocaust happened’
Andrea Szőnyi, Director Zachor Foundation Hungary and Acting Deputy Director of Programs at USC Shoah Foundation, IHRA Delegate
Dr. Gilly Carr, Associate Professor in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, IHRA Delegate and Chair of ‘Safeguarding Sites’ Project
Dr. Andreas Kahrs, Founder and Managing Director of the Agency “what matters”, Consultant to World Jewish Congress
Concluding remarks
Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life