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A Global Campaign

#ProtectTheFacts

It has become shockingly common on a global scale for governments, leading public figures, and others to minimise or misrepresent the impact of the Holocaust and downplay the crimes of the Nazi regime. This is Holocaust distortion.

Holocaust distortion is deeply insulting to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and threatens our democratic values.

Join this global campaign to #ProtectTheFacts.

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This 2 August, Remember the Past and Challenge Present Antigypsyism

During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of Roma women, children, and men were systematically murdered by the Nazis, their allies, and collaborators. This atrocity's legacy profoundly impacted Roma communities across Europe.
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This 27 January, Counter Holocaust Distortion Through Education

In honor of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Council of Europe has joined #ProtectTheFacts to raise awareness about Holocaust distortion along with partners – the European Commission, the IHRA, OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, together with the United Nations and UNESCO.
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Distortion of the Roma genocide and anti-Roma discrimination today

The genocide of the Roma people remains one of the lesser-known crimes of the Nazi era. This lack of recognition is a harmful form of distortion that serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes and ongoing discrimination against the Roma community.
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    About Protect the Facts

    Holocaust distortion doesn’t stop at national borders, nor is it found only in one language. International cooperation is essential to countering it.

    Protect the Facts is an international initiative of the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the United Nations, and UNESCO, who have joined forces to raise awareness of Holocaust distortion – both how to recognise it and how to counter it.