Delegation of the European Union
Washington, DC:
UNESCO launches Holocaust education website
PARIS (AP) - The U.N. culture and education agency has teamed up with the World Jewish Congress to launch a website to counter Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay and WJC President Ronald Lauder unveiled the interactive "Facts about the Holocaust " site at the cultural agency's Paris headquarters on Monday.
It features a trove of historical information about the Holocaust, including testimonies and it is linked to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Online Holocaust Encyclopedia .
The new site has been conceived to combat what UNESCO calls "increased hate and disinformation online" on Jewish issues. It comes…
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