10:00-11:30 – visit of the Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial, Kaddish and El Male Rachamim – Rabbi Zvi Kfir
12:00-12:30 – guests welcoming at the Şimleu Silvaniei City Hall by the mayor Septimiu Cătălin Țurcaș
12:30-13:20 – Introductory remarks
- Daniel Stejeran, director of the Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial
- Septimiu Țurcaș,mayor of Şimleu Silvaniei
- Daniel Săuca, director of the Center for Culture and Art Sălaj
- Zvika Kfir, Rabbi of the Jewish Community from Brașov
- Emilia Teszler, president of the Tikvah Association from Oradea
- Alex Hecht, president and founder of the Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial
First Session of the Conference
13:20-14:00 – Amitai Pollak – Jewish families in Şimleu Silvaniei before the Holocaust
14:20-15:00 – prof. dr. Gideon Greif – Auschwitz - the biggest Concentration and Extermination camp and the "Sonderkommando" troops
15:20-16:00 – Mugur Vărzariu – "I will survive" – a screening documentary about the Holocaust survivors
16:00-16:30 – Cristina Tomuleț – Human Rights. General Context
16:30-17:00 – Emilia Teszler – presentation of the exhibition "Shalom!" About Judaism and Hebrew life
Location: Şimleu Silvaniei