IHE Hosts Annual AHO Convention
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 12:23PM Print Article Visitors from throughout the United States, Canada and China recently spent a week in Omaha as the Institute for Holocaust Education hosted the Association of Holocaust Organizations 2011 Annual Conference. The theme of this year’s meeting was Staying the Course: Strengthening the Future.
The Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO) was established in 1985 to serve as an international network of organizations and individuals for the advancement of Holocaust education, remembrance and research. A delegation from Harbin, China, including Mayor-elect, Mr. Piao, attended the beginning of the conference to introduce a new 60-panel art exhibit depicting the Jewish community of Harbin. Beginning in the early 1900s, Russian Jews settled in Harbin and for many years a thriving Jewish society existed there. The AHO Board accepted an invitation from the Chinese delegation to participate in a 2013 gathering in Harbin. Omaha City Council President, Thomas Mulligan, welcomed the Chinese delegation and the AHO members at the exhibit opening.
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