Holocaust Era Assets Conference

Date: 26.6.2009 — 30.6.2009
Venue: Prague, Terezín - Czech Republic
Category: Conferences and Seminars
Theme: Others

The Government of the Czech Republic will host a "Holocaust Era Assets Conference” in Prague on June 26-30 2009.

The objectives of the conference are:

To assess the progress made since the 1998 Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets in the areas of the recovery of looted art and objects of cultural, historical and religious value and in the areas of property restitution and financial compensation schemes.
To review current practices regarding provenance research and restitution and, where needed, define new effective instruments to improve these efforts.
To review the impact of the Stockholm Declaration of 2000 on education, remembrance and research about the Holocaust.
To strengthen the work of the Task Force on International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research.
To discuss new, innovative approaches in education, social programs and cultural initiatives related to the Holocaust and other National Socialist wrongs and to advance religious and ethnic tolerance in our societies and the world.

Information about the conference is available at: www.holocausteraassets.eu