These Are My Final Words

By Orit Guttel

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In advance of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day in April, the Ministry of Education printed and distributed a special Hebrew edition of These Are My Final Words – Last Letters from the Holocaust for thousands of Israeli secondary school students. The book is a collection of personal testimonies written by Jews in the ghettos, transit camps, transports, concentration and death camps.

The first-person testimonies in the book are compelling, sincere and moving, allowing young people to encounter the topic of the Holocaust and absorb the experiences of the victims in a more tangible way. Edited by Prof. Walter Zvi Bacharach, the anthology was published in English and Hebrew in 2002 by Yad Vashem, with the generous assistance of the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Culture.

Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority