In order to provide policy makers with a firm basis for anti-racist policies, FRA collects data and information on racist crime, anti-Semitism, and discrimination across the EU. The available data indicate an increase in anti-Semitic activity in some EU Member States over the past years, with incidents ranging from hate mail to arson.
Background information:
+ On the evolution of anti-Semitism in the EU, check the EUMC update report “Anti-Semitism Summary overview of the situation in the European Union” (December 2006)
+ For a detailed account check the EUMC reports on “Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the EU 2002 – 2003 ” and “Perceptions of anti-Semitism in the European Union ”
+ On 12 April 1951, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) proclaimed Yom Hashoah U’Mered HaGetaot (Holocaust and Ghetto Revolt Remembrance Day) to be the 27th of Nissan. The name then became known as Yom Hashoah Ve Hagevurah (Devastation and Heroism Day), and later simplified to Yom Hashoah. This year, the Yom Hashoah will be on 16 April 2007. Background material on education
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