News and events

A historic event took place in Houston, Texas on November 14, 2022. A dream and a vision becomes reality. The Holocaust Garden of Hope held a groundbreaking ceremony. The Garden will commemorate the Holocaust especially through the fates of children. Read more...

Dr. Susanna Kokkonen's book about the Holocaust -including the history behind it- is now available in German. Published by Fontis, the book is about Jewish-Christian relations as well as the Bible and antisemitism. Time-wise the story goes from the Creation to Our...

Sadly, the fate of refugees continues being a timely topic. "The Historian" recently published an interesting review of Professor Marion Kaplan's research "Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal" (Yale University Press, 2020). You can read the...

TV7 Archives has the specific program spoken in Spanish (subtitled in Finnish). Author and researcher Julian Schvindlermann speaking with Dr. Susanna Kokkonen about Argentina's past with a specific reference to the Jewish Community. When did first Jews of Argentina...

As the new project Holocaust Garden of Hope is being built in greater Houston, TX, it is all about Sensitizing Hearts to the Issues of the Holocaust. Directed by Rozalie Jerome and her team, there is much to the project and much to learn and hear about the topic....

TV7 based in Helsinki, Finland is an international Christian TV channel with interviews and speakers from all over the world. The station also has offices in various countries. Christian persecution is a worldwide phenomenon but became especially newsworthy during...

TV7 is a Christian TV channel based in Finland, but active all over the world. Dr. Kokkonen's Current Affairs program 'Tiimalasi' (Hourglass) frequently features politicians, writers and academics for discussions on history and its impact on today's world. See...

Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Memorial raises awareness of the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda. It is a place of memory, education and lessons for humanity. Dr. Susanna Kokkonen's lecture on Christian Understanding of the Holocaust with the Memorial is...

It has been a worrying, confusing and strange two years or so. We do not know what lies ahead. Despite all the brokenness in this world, the original creation glory is still visible in the seasons, flowers, trees, animals and the majesty of oceans. Let us thank God...