On the occasion of
the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th
anniversary of the founding of Jasenovac concentration camp, a delegation of
Serbia headed by Mr. Vladimir Bozovic, Advisor to the Serbian Prime Minister
visited the United States. The Delegation composed of government officials,
survivors and researchers took part in the main commemoration at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York City and attended an art exhibition
"The Truth about Jasenovac – the Right to Remembrance", the biggest
exhibition on Jasenovac ever displayed in a foreign country.
Exhibition "The
Truth about Jasenovac – The Right to Remembrance", showcased material
from the
archives of Israel, Germany, USA, Italy,
Norway, Serbia, Republic of Srpska and Croatia and was prepared by the
International Expert Group of Historians headed by prof. dr. Gideon Greif, a
leading Holocaust historian, expert on Auschwitz at the Holocaust – Shem Olam
Institute in Israel. The exhibit included 25 sculptures by sculptors Ljubisa
Mancic and Katarina Tripkovic, and 21 drawings by artist Dragan Jelovac, a photo
wall by Vukica Mikaca, authentic objects from the Donja Gradina Memorial
Centre, books, screening of films: "And Gods Remained Silent" and
"Saul's Son". The event was organized by Israeli Holocaust
Institute, and New York Jasenovac Research Institute, with the support of the
Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Israel, while the Art Director
was Serbian film director Emir Kusturica, UNICEF Ambassador, Director of the
Andric Institute and signatory of the Memorandum on Cooperation between
Serbian and Jewish Academic Communities and Diasporas.
The exhibition devoted to genocide and the Holocaust in NDH
was realized by New York Jasenovac Research Institute, which has been
organizing regular annual conferences about this notorious concentration
camp. Furthermore, the City of New York is the only foreign city that in 2005
adopted an official decision that 22 April be declared Jasenovac Remembrance
Day. The Holocaust Memorial Park in New York is the only foreign memorial
park to include a monument to Jasenovac erected by the Serbian diaspora.
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