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The HolocaustRemembrance Day
27th of January 2017 at 2 PMYehudi Menuhin ForumHelvetiaplatz 6, Bern
Program:
• “El Maleh Rahamim” by Rabbi David Polnauer
• Opening Speeches by Representatives of the Diplomatic Corps
• Piotr Plawner – violin
Johann Sebastian Bach - Allemande and Sarabande from the II Partita
• Presentation of the Message of the President of the Swiss Confederation and of the incoming Swiss Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance by Ambassador Benno Bättig, Secretary General FDFA and incoming Chair of IHRA
• Presentation of the project of Memoirs of Holocaust survivors by Mr. François Wisard, Chief Historian FDFA
• Piotr Plawner – violin
Erwin Schulhoff - Adagio and Scherzo from the solo sonata
• Testimony of Prof. Ivan Lefkovits – a Holocaust Survivor and Editor of the new Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors
• “Kaddish” by Rabbi David Polnauer
Patrons:Ambassador Benno Bättig Secretary General of the FDFAMrs. Martine Brunschwig Graf President of the Federal Commission Against RacismProf. Dr. Christian Leumann Director of the University of BernMrs. Nicole Poëll President of the Swiss Liberal JewsMr. Herbert Winter President of the Swiss Federation of Jewish CommunitiesAlbania H.E. Mr. Ilir GjoniArgentina H.E. Mr. Antonio G. TrombettaAustria H.E. Mrs. Ursula PlassnikBelgium H.E. Mr. Frank ReckerBulgaria H.E. Mrs. Meglena I.Plugtschieva-AlexandrovaCanada H.E. Mrs. Jennifer D. MacIntyreEuropean Union H.E. Mr. Michael MatthiessenFinland H.E.Mr. Jari LuotoFrance H.E. Mrs. Anne PaugamGermany H.E. Mr. Wilhelm-Otto LampeGreat Britain H.E. Mr. David John MoranHungary H.E. Mr. Istvan NagyIreland H.E. Mr. Breifne O’ReillyIsrael H.E. Mr. Jacob KeidarItaly H.E. Mr. Marco Del Panta RidolfiJapan H.E. Mr. Etsuro HondaLiechtenstein H.E. Mrs. Doris Frick-BurkardNorway H.E. Mr. Thomas HauffPoland H.E. Mr. Jakub KumochRomania H.E. Mr. Vlad VasiliuSouth Korea H.E. Mr. Sang-Kyu LeeSpain H.E. Mr. Bernardo Sicart EscodaSweden H.E. Mr. Magnus Hartog-Holm The Netherlands H.E. Mrs. Anna LuwemaTurkey H.E. Mr. Ilhan SayigliUruguay H.E. Mr. Jorge Alberto Meyer LongUSA Chargée d’affaires Mrs. Tara Feret ErathGamaraal Foundation
