Generation to Generation: Sharing the Legacy

Multi - Generational Gathering to be held in May 2005

by Leah Goldstein

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“It is my wish, for the sake of the Jewish people and all of humanity, that Yad Vashem continue to serve as a site for the commemoration of the Holocaust, a place where Holocaust remembrance and its lessons are transmitted from generation to generation, for all eternity.”

Moshe Katsav, President of the State of Israel

Marking 60 years since the end of WWII, Yad Vashem will hold an historic international and multi-generational gathering of Holocaust survivors and their families, entitled: “Generation to Generation: Sharing the Legacy.” From 4-9 May 2005, thousands of participants of all ages from around the world will come together to pay tribute to the survivors and to ensure that the torch of remembrance is passed form one generation to the next.

The week-long program will include a range of seminars, inter-generational discussions and guided tours of Jerusalem and Yad Vashem, as well as participation in the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day events and the chance to search the Shoah Victims’ Names Database and fill out Pages of Testimony.

For further information, please contact: meetings@unitours.co.il, Tel: 972-3-520-9972

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