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Salomon Cohen, President of the "Asociacion
Israelita de Venezuela", Raul Cohen, Member of
the board of CAIV and Roberto Croitorescu,
President of the "Union Israelita de Caracas",
in the Memorial Cave at Yad Vashem, May 2003.
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Jacobo Szkolnik and his wife Raquel during
their visit to Yad Vashem with the "Delegacion
de Solidaridad Venezuela 2003".
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The
"Delegacion
de Solidaridad Venezuela 2003", pictured here,
attended the unveiling of the plaque in honor
of Annie Reinfeld and Trudy Spira.
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Unveiling of a plaque in honor of Annie
Reinfeld and Trudy Spira. A plaque in memory
of Shmariahu Behar Saban z'l, was also
unveiled.
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Salvador Macias, Member of
the Directorate of the "Asociacion Israelita
de Venezuela" and son of a survivor from
Saloniki.
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Miryam Macias and Perla
Hazan, laying a wreath at Yad Vashem on Yom
Hashoah, May 2003.
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Mrs. Peletz, William Bialik
and Perla Hazan, Director of the Iberoamerican
Desk, laying a wreath at Yad Vashem on Yom
Hashoah, May 2003.
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Guests from Venezuela and Spain at the Yom
Hashoah ceremonies at Yad Vashem, May 2003
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In November 2002 the
Venezuela Committee for Yad Vashem held an event
in Caracas marking Kristallnacht . At the event,
attended by over 400, Holocaust survivors Annie
Reinfeld and Trudy Spira were honored and the
first edition of the annual publication “Recuerda”
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Pictured from left to
right: Dita Cohen, Annie Reinfeld, Trudy Spira,
Perla Hazan (Director of the Ibero-American Desk),
Fritzy Jaegerman .
The Yad Vashem publication, The Auschwitz Album,
was published through the generosity of Caracas
residents: Thalma and
Milton Gruszka, Raquel and Henrique Margolis,
Lilian and Ernesto Spira, Lya and Zoltan Gaspar,
Perla and Daniel Slimak, Dora and David Yisrael,
Rosa and Moric Dum, Raquel and Jacobo Szkolnik,
and dedicated to Auschwitz survivors, Reinfeld and
Spira. |
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"Recuerda" is the
first magazine issued by the Venezuelan Committee
of Yad Vashem, and is a testament to the
continuous efforts of the members of the Committee
to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. This
first issue contains articles by Holocaust by
survivors who are members of the Jewish community
of Venezuela as well messages from the Chairman of
the Yad Vashem Directorate, Avner Shalev and Perla
Hazan. |
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At the Kristallnacht
commemoration, Klara Ostfeld presented her book "The
Woman in the Mirror", a detailed autobiography
of her years during the Holocaust. Klara and Hilo
Osteld are Yad Vashem supporters. |
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Silvia Pressner, a
Holocaust survivor, donated her book Ribera del
rio Bug to Yad Vashem. Mrs Pressner is the
mother of Freddy Pressner, former president of the
Ashkenazi community of Venezuela and a Yad Vashem
supporter. |
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Latin
American and Spanish Desk: Perla Hazan, tel: 972-2-6443427
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Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority |
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