Recent Visits

During their visit to Yad Vashem Vladimir Leonov and Elena Kantorovich, members of the Ukrainian Society for Yad Vashem and leaders of the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community rekindled the eternal flame at a memorial service in the Hall of Remembrance 

The Falkovich family, members of the Ukrainian Society for Yad Vashem and leaders of the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community, participated in an unveiling ceremony at Yad Vashem honoring their donation.  L to R: Falkovich family, Knesset member Yuli Edelstein, Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Directorate Adv. Arie Zuckerman

Celebrated Russian Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko visited Yad Vashem in November, where he read his poetry at a special event held in his honor. In 1961, Yevtushenko published “Babi Yar”, a protest poem against antisemitism. “Babi Yar” represented a watershed moment in many Russians’ and Ukrainians’ attitude toward the Holocaust after years of denial by the Soviet establishment.

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