EUAS European association of Holocaust survivors

Abstract

U Zagrebu je od 1. do 3. lipnja 2012., u Židovskoj općini Zagreb u Palmotićevoj 16 održana godišnja konferencija EUAS-a na kojoj su sudjelovali predstavnici evropskih zemalja: Švedske, Engleske, Nizozemske, Slovačke, Poljske, Srbije, Hrvatske i Izraela. Organizatori su bili European Association of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Udruga preživjelih Holokausta u Hrvatskoj, Židovska općina Zagreb i predstavnik židovske nacionalne manjine u Zagrebu. EUAS je krovna organizacija koja okuplja udruženja i grupe Židova koji su preživjeli Holokaust i koji danas žive u zemljama zapadne, srednje i istočne Europe. EUAS je osnovana je u Pragu 2001. godine, i održala je svoje godišnje konferencije u Pragu, Zagrebu, Bratislavi, Amsterdamu, Jeruzalemu, Londonu i Varšavi. Osnovna zadaća EUAS-a je da zastupa interese preživjelih Holokausta, traži za njih pravednu potporu i restituciju; da održava uspomenu na žrtve Holokausta, sudjeluje u edukaciji o Holokaustu, promovira toleranciju i bori se protiv antisemitizma.

The annual EUAS conference was held in Zagreb from 1 to 3 June 2012, in the Jewish community of Zagreb at Palmotićeva street 16, with the participation of representatives of European countries: Sweden, England, Netherlands, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia, Croatia and Israel. The organizers were the European Association of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, the Association of Holocaust Survivors in Croatia, the Jewish Community of Zagreb and a representative of the Jewish national minority in Zagreb. EUAS is an umbrella organization that brings together associations and groups of Jews who survived the Holocaust and who now live in the countries of Western, Central and Eastern Europe. EUAS was founded in Prague in 2001 and has held its annual conferences in Prague, Zagreb, Bratislava, Amsterdam, Jerusalem, London and Warsaw. The primary task of EUAS is to represent the interests of Holocaust survivors, provides assistance for their rights and restitution; maintain the memory of Holocaust victims, participate in Holocaust education, promote tolerance, and fight anti-Semitism.