Contents
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Editors' Remarks
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Committed to
Memory
UN Declares
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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The New Museum:
Behind the Scenes
A Family Connection
► Art
Focus
New Exhibition:
Montparnasse Déporté
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Education
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Global
Teaching; Dynamic
Learning
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Seminar for Survivors of
the Rwandan Genocide
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Focusing on
Europe
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The Names
Database:
A Year Online
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A Gift of
Color
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News
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Inauguration of the new
Visual Center
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Warsaw Ghetto Square
to
connect to new Museum
Complex
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Yad Vashem
wins four
prizes for technical
excellence
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Whoever Saves
One
Life…
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Events
October-
December 2005
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Children’s Art
from Czech
Republic
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Hungary honors
Yad Vashem
►Recent
Visits to
Yad Vashem
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Dr. Joseph
Kermish z”l
(1907-2005)
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New
Publications
►
Friends
Worldwide
►
About the Magazine
►
Credits
►
Back Issues
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Lying at the heart of Yad Vashem, Warsaw Ghetto Square has become a key
site in Holocaust commemoration. The 4,000-sq. meter Square is dominated
by the Wall of Remembrance bearing the bronze replica of the monument
sculpted by Nathan Rapoport in memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising—where
the official opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’
Remembrance Day is held each year.
As part of the multiyear development plan, Warsaw Ghetto Square is
currently undergoing renovation and reconstruction in order to add to its
utility as well as its appearance. Aided by the generous support of
Benefactors David and Ruth Mitzner, Ira and Mindy Mitzner and families
(USA), and Phyllis and William Mack Family (USA), the Square is being
widened on the northern side, facilitating access to the new Museum
Complex—including the new Visual Center, Learning Center, Museum for
Holocaust Art and Exhibitions Pavilion—as well as the Hall of Remembrance.
The current entrance to the Square from the Avenue of the Righteous Among
the Nations is also being enhanced by the addition of several rows of
trees, and the paving upgraded. The renovation work is due to be completed
by Holocaust Remembrance Day 2006.
The renovated Warsaw Ghetto Square: architectural
illustration by Shalom Kweller
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