How did the Holocaust Memorial Day established come to be established?
The “Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research” was created, in May 1998, by the Swedish, UK and US Governments and were later joined by Germany, Israel, Poland, the Netherlands, France and Italy. That year a Conference about Holocaust-Era Assets was held in Washington D.C. in December 1998 and Task Force members issued a joint declaration stating, inter alia, that: “Holocaust education, remembrance and research strengthen humanity’s ability to absorb and learn from the dark lessons of the past, so that we can ensure that similar horrors are never again repeated.” That declaration further stated:”we are committing our countries to encourage parents, teachers, and civic, political and religious leaders to undertake with renewed vigour and attention Holocaust education, remembrance and research, with a special focus on our own countries’ history.”The following year, on the 10th June 1999, in answer to a parliamentary question from Andrew Di
