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The Encyclopedia of
the Righteous Among the Nations
Highlights of Yad
Vashem’s Activity in 2003
Buchman
Memorial Prize 2003
Gertner Scholarship
Encourages Excellence in Holocaust Research
Yad Vashem Marks its
50th Anniversary
Recent Visits at Yad Vashem
Buchman
Memorial Prize 2003
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2003
Buchman Memorial Prizewinners Itamar Levin and Lizzie Doron |
Yad Vashem awards the annual Buchman
Memorial Prize to authors, artists, and researchers for exemplary
work in the field of the Holocaust. The prize—established by the
Jacob Buchman Foundation in memory of Buchman’s wife, Esther, and
daughter, Hanaleh, who perished in the Holocaust—was presented in
an official ceremony in December 2003 to Lizzie Doron for her book
Days of Tranquility and to Itamar Levin for his book
Walls Around.
In their recommendations, committee
members wrote: “Lizzie Doron’s devotion, empathy, sensitive
writing and acute insights regarding the reality of life after
Auschwitz have made a vital and notable contribution in creating
awareness of the ongoing effects of the Holocaust, recognizing its
effects beyond the time and location in which it took place.
“Itamar Levin has played an important
role in turning public attention to the multifaceted economic
robbery of Jews during the Shoah… His book presents a broad
perspective of the Warsaw Ghetto and its destruction, and points
at the centrality of theft in shaping the Jews’ lives in the
ghetto and its debilitating and fatal repercussions even before
the ‘Final Solution’ officially began.”
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