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(April 13, 2008 - Jerusalem) Holocaust Remembrance Day
will be marked this year on May 1, 2008. This year’s central
theme is “Holocaust Survivors in Israel: 60 Years Since the
Establishment of the State.” A number of events are scheduled
for the week of April 27:
- April 28, 2008: “My
Homeland: Holocaust Survivors in Israel” a new exhibition
that will open in the presence of the Prime Minister. The
exhibition, which will be displayed in the Exhibitions
Pavilion at Yad Vashem, presents the story of Holocaust
survivors in the shaping of Israeli identity, and how their
influence permeated every aspect of Israeli society.
- April 28-30, 2008: A unique
three-day international conference on new research on “North
Africa and its Jews during the Second World War”. The
conference will bring together 21 researchers from Europe,
the United States and Israel, and will be held in English,
Hebrew and French. Organized by The International Institute
for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem and the Yad Ben Zvi
Institute’s Center for Information Documentation and
Research on North-African Jewry during WWII, it will take
place at the Yad Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
- April 30, 2008, 20:00: The
Official Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’
Remembrance Day will take place at the Warsaw Ghetto Square,
Yad Vashem, Mt of Remembrance, Jerusalem, with the
participation of the President and Prime Minister
of Israel.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on television on
Channels 1, 2, 10 and 33 and by radio on Kol Israel and
Galei Zahal. Stills and TV coverage will be via POOL;
details will follow.
- May 1, 2008: Holocaust
Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. A wreath-laying
ceremony, with the participation of the Prime Minister,
President, survivors, dignitaries and others, will take
place at 10:00. Throughout the day, various events will take
place at Yad Vashem. (Details will follow.)
- May 1, 2008: Holocaust
Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Ceremony for youth
movements with the participation of hundreds of youth, in
the Valley of Communities at Yad Vashem.
As always, information and
educational material will be available on
www.yadvashem.org. |
