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Recent Highlights at
the International School for Holocaust Studies
In advance of Holocaust Martyrs’ and
Heroes’ Remembrance Day, several study days for senior members
of Israel’s security forces, supported by the fund in
Memory of Dolly Steindling, were attended by the IDF Chief of
Staff and General Staff Forum, the Police Commissioner and senior
police commanders, the Director of the General Security Services
and ranking GSS officials. On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day—after
the memorial ceremony—some 350
people participated in a study evening entitled: “And these
are the names of the Children of Israel,” broadcast live on Israel
Radio. The following day, the School offered an extensive
program of informal events marking Remembrance Day.
Some 2,300 individuals participated in varied activities,
including drama workshops and listening to survivor testimonies.
Later that evening, a special event was held at the Beit Shmuel
auditorium entitled: “Muzika—Young People Make a Connection
with the Holocaust” (see page 6).
Prior to their trip to Poland and
other eastern European destinations, seven delegations of IDF
officers participated in two days of intensive preparation as part
of the “Witnesses in Uniform” project. Study days
for Foreign Ministry cadets, for German army cadets
(arranged through the IDF Liaison Unit) and a seminar for
French priests took place in May. Special study days were also
organized for senior staff of the Rehabilitation Bureau for the
Disabled, as well as Education Department workers
from Hod Hasharon, in the presence of the city’s mayor.
Swiss educators attended a
seminar in April. In May, some 200 survivors participated in the
Annual Meeting of Testimony-Givers, and two training
courses (in Hebrew and Russian) on how to give testimony were held
in June.
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