Editors’
Remarks
It is hard to believe 50 years have
passed since the establishment of Yad Vashem: hard for the
survivors who remember the Shoah daily, and hard for the
next generations to whom those terrible events are a world away.
Yad Vashem opened its Jubilee Year by
accentuating both past achievements and future challenges (see
Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future). With antisemitism gaining momentum worldwide, it is
imperative we redouble our efforts in Holocaust education,
spreading the message of tolerance and respect (see
Combating Antisemitism:
Education). The Council
of Europe’s forum at Yad Vashem on educating to prevent crimes
against humanity is a small but significant step in this direction
(see
“Teaching
Remembrance”
). At the same time, we continue to work towards providing
worldwide access to the central database of Shoah victims’
names (see
Advancing Towards Online Access) in
order to remember and memorialize every victim of the Holocaust.
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