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Wroclaw became this week the latest Polish city to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, following Warsaw and Płock.
“Wrocław is an open and hospitable city, breathing freedom on a daily basis, where issues of equal treatment, human rights and tolerance occupy a fundamental place,” Deputy Mayor Bartłomiej Ciążyńsk stated at Wednesday’s signing ceremony. “These are the values we care about in Wrocław and for which we constantly strive.”
The Wroclaw IHRA declaration read, “Cultivating and drawing on the vastness of this heritage, Wrocław proudly joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance IHRA. The definition of antisemitism formulated by the IHRA will be an important tool and point of reference to effectively combat and prevent antisemitism.”
The city of Wroclaw, Poland, which participated in the European Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism today! 👏
The adoption follows those of Warsaw and Plosk, which showed their support in the fight against anti-Jewish hate by… https://t.co/SyvzgOdi7Q
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) February 14, 2024
Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne said Wroclaw’s adoption of the IHRA definition sent an “important message.”
In December, during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, five unidentified vandals destroyed a public menorah in Wroclaw, drawing a condemnation from Wroclaw Mayor Jacek Sutryk.
“There is no place for racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, and other wild and hooligan behavior in Wroclaw,” Mayor Sutryk declared at the time.
Last month, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), in partnership with the Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University, released the 2023 IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism Adoptions and Endorsements Report, which can be read in full HERE.
According to the data tallied in the study, there had been 1,216 recognitions of the definition globally as of the end of December.
