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International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 24, 2022 by Wehwalt (talk) 08:53, 4 May 2022 (UTC)



The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide was the first major conference in the field of genocide studies and marked the shift from viewing genocide as an irrational phenomenon to one that could be studied and understood. It was held at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv on 20–24 June 1982 and was initially organized by Israel Charny, Elie Wiesel, and Shamai Davidson. The Turkish government tried to have the conference cancelled because it included presentations on the Armenian genocide, which Turkey denies. Turkey threatened to close its borders to Syrian and Iranian Jews fleeing persecution, persuading the Israeli government to attempt to cancel the conference. The official Israeli Holocaust memorial withdrew, as did many high-profile participants including Wiesel. The organizers refused to remove the Armenian genocide from the program and held the conference with fewer participants than planned.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Armenian genocide, scheduled to appear on 24 April
 * Main editors: Buidhe
 * Promoted: 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: 40th anniversary. Thanks so much for writing a blurb, which I have modified.
 * Support as nominator. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  03:29, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:40, 1 May 2022 (UTC)