Youth Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

by Osnat Dadon

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In keeping with Yad Vashem’s belief in conducting an open, value-based and genuine dialogue with today’s youth, the International School for Holocaust Studies designed a special program of Holocaust Remembrance Day activities for young people. During the afternoon, participants attended seminars, workshops and survivor testimonies focusing on the shaping of Holocaust memory in Israeli society. The groups were led by students of the course for guides to Poland, who were specifically trained for the events of the day. 

In the evening, some 600 members of youth movements from around the country gathered for the “Ceremony for Youth,” in the presence of the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Limor Livnat and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev. The event was held in the Valley of the Communities, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education’s Information Center, Youth and Social Administration and Youth Movement Council. During the ceremony, the youngsters listened to moving testimony from Holocaust survivor Shmulik Shilo, and heard touching songs performed by singer Sarit Hadad and the Youth Movement Ensemble.

The author is Coordinator of the Informal Education Unit of the Training Department, the International School for Holocaust Studies

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