Lord (Eric) Pickles
@EricPickles
Rt Hon The Lord Pickles Hon VP @HMD_UK President @EntForumUK UK Post Holocaust Envoy. CoChair @UKHMF MP Brentwood & Ongar 1992-2017
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21-07-2009 16:09:24
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Happy 16th Anniversary to JCC Krakow for advocating tolerance and understanding at the heart of the community ๐ต๐ฑ
Tonight, the whole world stands united with Israel. Israel is strong and will prevail. Share your support, show the flag, let's trend worldwide! ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ #IsraelStrong
The #BestPractices for #WashingtonPrinciples emphasize sound provenance research on Nazi-looted art. On #ProvenanceResearchDay , we urge countries to endorse the Best Practices and museums to do more provenance research.
state.gov/best-practicesโฆ
#OnThisDay in 1944, Rudolf Vrba & Alfrรฉd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz. Their joint report 'The Auschwitz Protocols' was one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the mass killings taking place in the camp
In 1958 Vrba gave his testimony to the Library's researchers
80 years ago today, #RudolfVrba escaped from Auschwitz concentration camp
Listen to Jonathan Freedland reading Vrbaโs eyewitness testimony from the camp, acquired by Library researchers in the 1950s, detailing the moment he knew he had to warn the world about what was happening thereโฆ