Program for International Day Commemoration Victioms of the Holocaust  Don't just look, act.

La Jonquera, January 29,2016 

Six hundred high school students remember the victims of the Holocaust in Barcelona and La Jonquera The tribute events will be attended by the director of the Democratic Memorial, Jordi Palou-Loverdos, and the mayor of La Jonquera and president of the Consortium of the MUME, Sònia Martínez. The Democratic Memorial, the Department of Education, the Exile Memorial Museum (MUME), the Alt Empordà Educational Service, the Exile, Deportation and Holocaust Working Groups of Barcelona and the Alt Empordà and thirteen Catalan highschools have organized three commemorative events aimed at students in the 4th year of Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, two in Barcelona and one in La Jonquera. Tributes, whose motto is' Don'tjust look. Act! ', are celebrated on the occasion of International Remembrance Day in Memory of Victims of Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity, designated on January 27 by the United Nations.

In both Barcelona and La Jonquera, participants will be offered to change their profile image on social networks by a design designed to pay tribute to Ferran Gallart, a student in the 2nd year of the Interactive Graphic Degree Higher Degree Training Cycle. 'School of Art and Design Superior of Vic. They are also invited to use the hasttags  #Actua i #HMD2016 (Holocaust Memorial Day 2016) on Twitter and Facebook all day long.

On January 27, at 10 am, the first tribute will take place in the Auditorium of the Conservatory of the Liceu. The welcome will be given by the director of the Democratic Memorial, Jordi Palou-Loverdos, and the Deputy Director-General of Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Jordi Sabaté. Three hundred and fifty students from 7 highschools of the province of Barcelona (Matadepera, Sentmenat, Ramon Berenguer IV de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Viladecavalls and from the city of Barcelona, l'Institut Lluís Vives, Menéndez y Pelayo and Quatre Cantons). 

The film will be screened by the German director Jochen Alexander Freydank's 'Toyland'. Students will then have the opportunity to hear the testimony of Isaac Revah, a Sephardic Jewish survivor of the Bergen Belsen camp, where he was deported after Nazi troops invaded Thessaloniki.

Students of the Matadepera Institute will present an audiovisual presentation where they will reflect on phrases and reflections on ways to help others. For the closing, the singer Rosa Zaragoza will play Es Brent (Crema!) By Morchedai Gegibirtig, killed in the Krakow ghetto in 1942, which has been translated for the first time into the Catalan language.

On the other hand, on Thursday, January 28, the Salvador Espriu Institute of Barcelona is organizing a tribute ceremony with its students, who will interpret texts about the Holocaust. Dory Sontheimer, author of the book 'La seven cajas', Rosa Zaragoza and Jordi Palou-Loverdos, will participate.

In La Jonquera, the commemorative day will take place at the Exile Memorial Museum (MUME), Friday, January 29 at 10 p.m. About one hundred and twenty students from the Olivar Gran, Vilafant, Cendrassos, Castellón and La Jonquera institutes will take part. In addition, a group of students from the institutes Cap Norfeu de Roses and Narcís Monturiol de Figueres will follow the event on streaming. The Mayor of La Jonquera, Sònia Martínez; the director of the MUME, Jordi Font; the director of the Democratic Memorial, Jordi Palou-Loverdos, the coordinator of the Exile, Deportation and Holocaust Group of the Alt Empordà, Toni Garcia and a representative of the territorial services of the Department of Education. The witness, Isaac Revah, will deliver a lecture and answer the

Brief biography of Isaac Revah

Isaac REVAH was born in Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1934. His father Bénico REVAH (1904-1978) was of Spanish nationality.

Isaac Revah has been living in Paris since May 1948. His sister, Léla Sadai, however, moved to Israel.

In early 1943, Nazi Germany asked Franco's Spain to repatriate 520 Jews of Spanish nationality living in Thessaloniki, including the family of Isaac Revah. In the face of Spain's refusal to accommodate this population, in August 1943, 367 people were deported to the Bergen Belsen camp. Due to their Spanish nationality, this group did not suffer so much from the terrible living conditions in the countryside. Finally, thanks to the efforts of the Spanish diplomat Sebastian de Romero Radigales, Consul General of Spain, the Spanish government agreed to proceed with accepting the repatriation which took effect in February 1944.After a short stay in Barcelona, ​​in June 1944 the group left for Casablanca (Morocco) and later reached the British protectorate of Palestine. After World War II ended, Isaac Revah's family returned to Paris.

Brief biography of Isaac Revah

Isaac REVAH was born in Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1934. His father Bénico REVAH (1904-1978) was of Spanish nationality.

Isaac Revah has been living in Paris since May 1948. His sister, Léla Sadai, however, moved to Israel.

In early 1943, Nazi Germany asked Franco's Spain to repatriate 520 Jews of Spanish nationality living in Thessaloniki, including the family of Isaac Revah. In the face of Spain's refusal to accommodate this population, in August 1943, 367 people were deported to the Bergen Belsen camp. Due to their Spanish nationality, this group did not suffer so much from the terrible living conditions in the countryside. Finally, thanks to the efforts of the Spanish diplomat Sebastian de Romero Radigales, Consul General of Spain, the Spanish government agreed to proceed with accepting the repatriation which took effect in February 1944.After a short stay in Barcelona, ​​in June 1944 the group left for Casablanca (Morocco) and later reached the British protectorate of Palestine. After World War II ended, Isaac Revah's family returned to Paris.

students' questions. Students will also read texts from various Holocaust testimonies.

Brief biography of Isaac Revah

Isaac REVAH was born in Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1934. His father Bénico REVAH (1904-1978) was of Spanish nationality.

Isaac Revah has been living in Paris since May 1948. His sister, Léla Sadai, however, moved to Israel.

In early 1943, Nazi Germany asked Franco's Spain to repatriate 520 Jews of Spanish nationality living in Thessaloniki, including the family of Isaac Revah. In the face of Spain's refusal to accommodate this population, in August 1943, 367 people were deported to the Bergen Belsen camp. Due to their Spanish nationality, this group did not suffer so much from the terrible living conditions in the countryside. Finally, thanks to the efforts of the Spanish diplomat Sebastian de Romero Radigales, Consul General of Spain, the Spanish government agreed to proceed with accepting the repatriation which took effect in February 1944.After a short stay in Barcelona, ​​in June 1944 the group left for Casablanca (Morocco) and later reached the British protectorate of Palestine. After World War II ended, Isaac Revah's family returned to Paris.