Category: JRI Events & Announcements
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EU Parliament Receives Letter of Protest from JRI
“Dear Madam President, please cancel this repugnant and utterly disreputable conference praising a well-known Nazi criminal immediately.” JRI is outraged with the sponsoring of an event by the EU Parliament to glorify notorious Nazi collaborator Aloysius Stepinac. He was the Catholic archbishop of Croatia for the fascist Independent State of Croatia in WWII that was […]
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JRI Conference “Jasenovac In The Context of Other Genocides in the 20th Century” Video Available
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Suggested donation $20 Sponsored by the Jasenovac Research Institute Prof. Gideon Greif “Two Hells on Earth: Auschwitz and Jasenovac: A Comparative View“ Aleksandar Stojanovic, PhD from the Institute for Recent History, Serbia: “On the Genocide Against Serbs and the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Independent State of Croatia 1941-1945“ Barry Lituchy, […]
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“Dara of Jasenovac” Now Available for Streaming
You can now rent or purchase rights to view “Dara of Jasenovac.” This is the first international feature film regarding this neglected corner of the Holocaust, that was submitted for nomination for an Academy Award in 2021. We have waited 80 years for the world to witness the truth about our suffering in a proper […]
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The Director and Producer of “Dara of Jasenovac” Speak Out on the Politically Biased Manipulation of the Film’s Reception
The world was never told about Jasenovac death camp, so sadistic Hitler was appalled. After seventy-five years of silence, a feature film was finally submitted for Academy Award nomination this year but was scuttled by politically motivated propagandists still seeking to hide their war crimes. The film’s director Predrag Antonijević, and Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Executive […]
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75th Anniversary of the Break-out from Jasenovac
As today we mark the 75th anniversary of the Break-out by the prisoners of Jasenovac, and the end of the Holocaust in Yugoslavia, it is time to stop and to reflect for a moment on how important it is for us to continue our work, and to keep the memory of the victims of the Holocaust alive and in the minds of our fellow Jews, Serbs, Romas, Americans, and peoples around the world.
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COVID Cancellation
As is, it seems, for everyone, we must also sadly cancel our April Annual Conference due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. We are currently explore live-streaming as an alternative method to keeping our community strong and growing.
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Efraim Zuroff Speaks on Holocaust Revisionism in Croatia and Eastern Europe
Legendary Nazi Hunter Efraim Zuroff speaks about his life’s work: catching the perpetrators, combating Holocaust denial and distortion with a focus on Croatia today
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JRI Co-Hosting Efraim Zuroff in Brooklyn on March 8th at 11:30 AM
The Holocaust Memorial Committee & the Jasenovac Research Institute Cordially Invite you to a lecture by Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Chief Nazi Hunter of the Simon Weisenthal Center, Director of the Weisenthal Center’s Israle Office & Eastern European Affairs
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JRI Sponsors Unveiling of Monument Commemorating the Victims of Jadovno – Gospić – Pag
These camps were the precursor to the much larger Jasenovac camp complex, to which the surviving prisoners of this complex were sent in August 1941 as part of the Ustashe regime overall plan to exterminate all Jews, Serbs, Romas and political opponents within their territory. This permanent monument to the victims of Jadovno is the only one in the world outside of the former Yugoslavia.
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The Jasenovac Research Institute hosts 18th Annual Days of Jasenovac Commemoration Ceremonies
The Lessons of Jasenovac for the Study of Human Rights and International Law in the 21st Century. Opening Remarks by Barry Lituchy Keynote Speakers: Stefan Karganović Mina Zirojević Dr. Ljilijana Petrović Dr. Ljilijana Petrović Danijel Simić
