Therefore the Czech Republic marks this day as the Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity. The education about Holocaust and paying respects to its victims is one of the fundamental stones of combating Antisemitism and other forms of discrimination. Also in 2016 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic will provide funding to the European Shoah Legacy Institute and actively participate on the work of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. That is why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic encouraged the European Commission to appoint the Coordinator for Antisemitism and on Januher first meeting with partners, stakeholders and experts took place in Prague. Holocaust Memorial Day: Too Much History When discussing the commemoration of Yom HaShoah in 1997, one British journalist observed that the desire to. This trend, though still avoiding the Czech Republic, endangers the very foundations of the European Union. persecution and extermination of the Jews by the Germans, Austrians, and their supporters. Despite that we are observing with concern the increasing number of verbal and physical attacks against Jews in Europe.
Horrific experience of the Second World War and the Holocaust contributed to the idea of the European integration as a tool to overcome this unfortunate legacy of the past.
