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UNDL Suriname launches Holocaust exhibit

Director of the Library - Jane Smith  (right) and one of her staff formally opens the exhibit
Director of the Library - Jane Smith (right) and one of her staff formally opens the exhibit (Anton De Kom) University of Suriname

27 January 2015 - the United Nations Depositary Library in the Univeristy of Suriname in Paramaribo today lauched its exhibit in observance of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.  The Director of the Library who is also the President of ACURIL 2014 -2015  and her staff put together a the exhibit and hosted a ceremony on the Day proper, the exhibit includes personal stories, videos and books that give a background of the Holocaust and the events sorrounding Europe at the time of the Nazi invasion of Europe. In 2014 this Depositary Library agreed to support the United Nations Department of Public Information's outreach by hosting a small permanent collection of Holocaust education materials that can be accessed by the public.  Pleaes contact the staff for more information. 

P.O. Box 9212
Leysweg 86
Paramaribo
Suriname
Tel. 597-464547
Fax: 597-434211

For more information on the United Nations outreach education programme on the Holocaust visit the official webpage.

 

Univerisity of Suriname Photobook for Holocaust Remembrance 2015

 

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