"UN FRIDAY" - REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST
Capturing the Holocaust in one setting, in only two hours, is simply not possible. There have been so many books, articles, studies, debates, discussions and controversies surrounding the horrific period of history that attempting to give it justice in a single event is impractical. It was with full knowledge of this inherent limitation that the United Nations Information Office, the Embassy of Israel in Tashkent and the Israeli Cultural Centre came together nevertheless to hold a special UN Friday to recognise the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. As the first UN Friday to cover this event, it’s intention was not to provide a comprehensive, complicated and conclusive insight into the significance of the Holocaust, but rather to portray poignant, focused glimpses at this period of history, and to remind us of why we must never forget. This event combined a number of elements, including presentations by a number of esteemed guests, a performance delivered by the talented students of the Jewish School in Tashkent, and the screening of the documentary ‘The Last Flight of Petr Ginz’.
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