Contents
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Editors' Remarks
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The Names Database:
The Faces Behind the Names
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The New Visual Center:
A Portal to Holocaust Films and Testimonies
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The New Museum:
Behind the Scenes
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Education
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Echoes and Reflections
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Connecting with the Youth
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Events at the International
School for Holocaust Studies
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“More Than Just a Job”: Farewell
Interview with Yad Vashem Director-General Ishai Amrami
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Generation to Generation: Keeping
the Memory Alive
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New
Publications
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News
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Keshet Zikaron
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Yad Vashem mourns the passing of
renowned “Nazi Hunter”
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Events July – September 2005
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New Chairman of Righteous Among
the Nations Commission
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Renovation of the Avenue of the
Righteous Among the Nations
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Education, Not Hatred
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Dedication to the Future
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Recent Visits to Yad Vashem
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Friends
Worldwide
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About the Magazine
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Credits
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Back Issues
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Yad Vashem mourns the loss of a very dear friend and Benefactor, Danek
Gertner z”l.
A descendant of rabbis, Danek was born in Zabie, a village in Galicia, to
a Zionist family active in the local Jewish intelligentsia. Despite losing
his eldest brother and additional relatives during the war, Danek escaped
numerous potentially fatal situations. He fled to Hungary, where he met
his future wife, Jadzia.
After the war, Danek became a successful businessman and an esteemed
philanthropist. He was involved in many cultural enterprises, and most of
all devoted to Holocaust remembrance. “I believe that the focus of
Holocaust remembrance should be in studying the topic and bequeathing it
for posterity,” he said. “The emphasis should be on preventive education,
not on hatred and spreading accusations.” Danek felt Yad Vashem should
serve as a main resource for information about the Holocaust and its
significance, with an emphasis on the production and dissemination of
scholastic materials and teaching programs. Today, with his loyal and
generous support, Yad Vashem is fulfilling this mission and is determined
to continue his legacy. Yad Vashem joins Fini Steindling and the Gertner
family in mourning his passing.
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