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Generation to Generation: Sharing the Legacy
International and Multi-Generational Gathering of Holocaust
Survivors and Their Families
by
Rachel Barkai
The first international conference of its kind in Israel of
Holocaust survivors and their families will take place at Yad
Vashem – The Holocaust Martyrs’ and
Heroes’ Remembrance Authority on 8-9 May 2005, under the patronage
of the President of Israel, Mr. Moshe Katzav, and his wife Mrs.
Gila Katzav.
The conference will comprise
group discussions on a range of topics including: “The pain of
liberation and the return to life”; “Jews who saved Jews”;
“Children with assumed identities”; ”Rescue by Righteous
Gentiles”; and “Passing the torch and instilling memory.” There
will also be meetings with members of different organizations—Landsmanschaft,
ghettoes, orphanages, etc. from Israel and overseas—as well as
discussions with Second Generation artists, writers and filmmakers
and guided tours of the new Holocaust History Museum. In addition,
participants will observe a special wreath-laying ceremony at the
Jewish Fighters’ Memorial marking the 60th anniversary
of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany, as well as the official
state ceremony at the IDF Armored Corps Memorial Complex at Latrun.
For further information, please e-mail:
gathering@yadvashem.org.il or visit
www.yadvashem.org
For registration in Israel only, please
contact: Unitours Israel
Tel: 03-5209972, Fax: 03-5239099,
E-mail:
meeting@unitors.co.il
The author is Director
of the Commemorations and Public Relations Division
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