The event Holocaust: The legacy of fascism is organized by the Memorial Park “Kragujevac October” on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th). The event frames commemoration through nurturing thinking, knowledge and education about the Holocaust and its consequences on the territory of the Republic of Serbia and beyond.

Since 2019, when it was first held, Holocaust: The legacy of fascism programs included testimonies of Holocaust survivors, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, book and expert talks on topics such as: Holocaust visual culture and art in Serbia, the life of the Jewish community in Serbia before and after the Holocaust, education about the Holocaust, philosophy and the Holocaust, as well as contemporary issues of Holocaust representation.

The program of this year’s event deals with fine art, films and literature about the Holocaust in the former Yugoslav republics. The focus of the program is the reactions to the Holocaust in our society from the end of the Second World War until today through artistically valuable answers that emerged as independent creations of individuals brought on by the horrors and consequences of the Holocaust.

The authors of the program are Marko Terzić, curator of the Museum “21. October” and Dr. Predrag Krstić, research associate at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory.

The partners of the event are ShoahLab: Laboratory for Holocaust Studies of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory, Federation of Jewish Communities of Serbia, Center for Public History, Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac, Association “Jewish Digital Library” and Center for Peacebuilding, Kragujevac.