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Press Releases

2009

November
5 November 2009
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau to Speak at Special Event Marking 71 Years Since Kristallnacht
2 November 2009
Special Screening of Human Failure Winner of the 2009 Avner Shalev Yad Vashem Chairman’s Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival
October
25 October 2009
Yad Vashem and Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Sign Cooperation Agreement
25 October 2009
Righteous Among the Nations From France to be Posthumously Recognized Tuesday at Yad Vashem
20 October 2009
US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
19 October 2009
Official Visits to Yad Vashem Tomorrow
14 October 2009
Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
September
29 September 2009
Russian Deputy Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
3 September 2009
El Mundo Interview
August
31 August 2009
Yad Vashem: symposium marking outbreak of WWII
27 August 2009
Yad Vashem to Receive Original Auschwitz Plans Today in a Ceremony in Berlin
24 August 2009
Former Presidents to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow
2 August 2009
Righteous Among the Nations who Rescued Rabbi Israel Meir Lau to be Honored at Yad Vashem Tuesday
2 August 2009
Refugees from Darfur to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow
July
21 July 2009
Official Visits to Yad Vashem Tomorrow
14 July 2009
Righteous Among the Nations from Serbia To be Honored at Yad Vashem Wednesday
12 July 2009
President of Dominican Republic at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
9 July 2009
Foreign Minister of Ethiopia at Yad Vashem Sunday
8 July 2009
Reporting the Holocaust in Real Time. “The Holocaust and Its Immediate Aftermath (1933-1947): The Press, Newsreels, Films and Radio Broadcasts in Real Time”
5 July 2009
German Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
June
24 June 2009
Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
22 June 2009
Prime Minister of Hungary at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
18 June 2009
Foreign Minister of Malta at Yad Vashem Sunday
14 June 2009
Yad Vashem Launches New Comprehensive Multi-Year Program with Support of the Genesis Philanthropy Group to Increase Holocaust Awareness Among Russian Speakers
14 June 2009
Personal items from Auschwitz to be donated to Yad Vashem Monday
11 June 2009
Yad Vashem Comment on Shooting at USHMM last night
May
31 May 2009
President of Romania at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
27 May 2009
Special Concert at Yad Vashem
15 May 2009
Comment on the Pope's visit
13 May 2009
Yad Vashem Comment regarding the visit and address of Pope Benedict XVI at Yad Vashem
11 May 2009
Visit of Pope to Yad Vashem Today
7 May 2009
Pope Benedict XVI to Visit Yad Vashem Monday
7 May 2009
Official Ceremony to Commemorate VE Day Sunday at Yad Vashem
5 May 2009
El Salvadoran President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
4 May 2009
Togolese Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
April
27 April 2009
Prime Minister of Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany, at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
20 April 2009
www.yadvashem.org Uploads New Material Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day 2009
20 April 2009
The Untold Stories: The Murder Sites of the Jews in the Former USSR
16 April 2009
Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day April 20-21, 2009
March
30 March 2009
Righteous Among the Nations from the Netherlands To be Honored at Yad Vashem Wednesday
24 March 2009
Rabbi Lau at the Americas Business Council
17 March 2009
Yad Vashem receives Holocaust era Archive from Luxembourg
8 March 2009
Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - Current State of Research International Academic Workshop Opened at Yad Vashem Today
5 March 2009
Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust - Current State of Research International Academic Workshop to Take Place at Yad Vashem Next Week
3 March 2009
US Secretary of State Clinton at Yad Vashem Today
2 March 2009
US Secretary of State Clinton at Yad Vashem Tuesday
1 March 2009
Canadian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Sunday
February
17 February 2009
Bruno Schulz: Wall Painting under Coercion
17 February 2009
Comment on Decision in France related to French Government responsibiltity during the Holocuast
16 February 2009
German Officer who Helped “The Pianist” Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations
12 February 2009
Yad Vashem Statement Regarding the Pope's Comments Condemning Holocaust Denial
5 February 2009
Yad Vashem Comment Regarding the Pope's Decision on Bishop Williamson
January
26 January 2009
REMINDER: Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
“BESA: A Code of Honor - Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust” Opens Tomorrow in Ramle
25 January 2009
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev at the Cabinet meeting today: “Alongside increasing antisemitism over the past month, we are witness to an ever-increasing worldwide interest in the Holocaust. Paradoxically, these two phenomena exist side by side; thousands of graduates of Yad Vashem seminars create a buffer against the abuse of the Holocaust.”
25 January 2009
Yad Vashem Comment regarding Bishop Williamson
25 January 2009
www.yadvashem.org now in Spanish. Site to be launched by Spanish Foreign Minister on January 27
21 January 2009
Yad Vashem Exhibitions Around the World to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
15 January 2009
Monday: Diplomatic Corps at Yad Vashem in advance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
4 January 2009
Yad Vashem to honor Polish Righteous Among the Nations Tuesday

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