Oporto, the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon, plans to inaugurate its new Holocaust Museum next week. This will be the city's first museum of this kind.
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President of the Jewish Community of Oporto Dias Ben-Zion and Oporto Mayor Rui Moreira will preside over the opening ceremony, set to take place on Jan. 20.
It will be attended by a host of dignitaries, including UNESCO Focal Point for Holocaust Education program official Karel Fracapane, Ambassador Luíz Barreiros, head of the Portuguese delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Marta Santos País, commissioner of the Never Forget National Program for Holocaust Remembrance, the bishop of Oporto and the president of the Muslim community of this city.
The government will be represented by the secretary of state for culture.
The Oporto Holocaust Museum was the brainchild of the local Jewish community and portrays Jewish life before the Holocaust. It also delves into the Nazi expansion in Europe, labour and extermination camps, the Final Solution, the Death Marches, the post-war period and the foundation of the State of Israel.
Under the auspices of members of the Oporto Jewish community whose parents, grandparents and relatives were victims of the Holocaust, the Oporto Holocaust Museum will develop partnerships with Holocaust museums in Moscow, Hong Kong, the United States and Europe, contributing to a memory that cannot be erased.
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