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What’s New |
Conference Draws
Educators from 40 Countries
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Exhibition
Travels to Moscow
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Some 200 decision makers, opinion shapers,
and scholars in the areas of education and culture, recently participated in the
7th International Conference
on Holocaust Education, “Shoah Education and Remembrance in
Hindsight and in Foresight: Text and Context.” They gathered together
from countries as diverse as Ireland, Mexico, Croatia and Poland, to
debate and discuss numerous questions: How should international
organizations grapple with Holocaust denial? How should they respond
to those who wish to diminish the Holocaust? The recommendations
drawn up at the conclusion of the conference were presented the
following day to representatives of the International Task Force for
Holocaust Remembrance (ITF), in Jerusalem for its plenary meeting. |
Yad Vashem recently displayed a unique
exhibition at the prestigious State Museum of Contemporary History
of Russia in Moscow. “Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell,”
opened to a large gathering that came to view 59 original pieces
of artwork. On display in Moscow for the first time ever, the
drawings depict the emotionally harrowing scenes that artist
Zinovii Tolkatchev, then a private in the Red Army, saw upon
arriving at the Majdanek and Auschwitz extermination camps soon
after they were liberated. An online version of the exhibition can
be seen
here. |
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Spotlight on the Web |
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New Video Lectures Offer
Insights |
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A
new website feature, “Insights and
Perspectives from Holocaust Researchers and Historians,” offers short
insightful lectures on topics of broad interest to the public. The
videos provide a “visual learning” environment making information
easily accessible in an interesting format. The lectures also appear
on Yad Vashem’s
Youtube Channel and
Facebook Page as well. Facebook members have recently
commented on this “wonderful educative tool,” asking that lectures and
clips continue to be posted. |
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Names Recovery |
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Lost Family Discovered
via Yad Vashem Database |
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In a tale spanning across Poland, Belaraus,
Israel and the US, Avner Yonai, an Israeli businessman living in
California, recently
connected with a lost relative after
discovering Pages of Testimony submitted by his grandfather. Since
2008, Avner has volunteered for the Shoah Victims' Names Recovery
Project, where he meets with Holocaust survivors, and helps them fill
out
Pages of Testimony.
While conducting a search on the
Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names, Avner discovered a living connection, a
descendant of his great Aunt Bluma, who was brutally murdered during
the Shoah. Members of the two families recently met for an emotional
reunion in Israel. |
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Recent Events |
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Dilemmas in Design: the
Holocaust History Museum |
After
graduating from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Dorit Kotler-Harel
(1951-2007) devoted her professional life to designing museums and
exhibitions. As the designer of Yad Vashem’s Holocaust History Museum,
Dorit remarked, “The great challenge inherent in structuring the design
concept of the Holocaust History Museum was to present the historical
details, while underscoring what people experienced during the years of
the Holocaust.” A resplendent new book by the late Kotler-Harel, Facts
and Feelings, is filled with design sketches, full-page color photos and
concise text that brings to life the design concept and the building of
the museum itself –combining historical details and the personal
experiences of individuals during the Shoah. Click here to
order this oversized album – only
$51.00.
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Highlights from the
Newsroom |
Some
of the feature articles in the international press that brought worldwide
coverage to Yad Vashem activities and events are highlighted here:
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With Your Support... |
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Yad Vashem’s
website now offers visitors and
supporters the opportunity to make a meaningful gift in memory or in honor
of someone special. Such a gift is ideal to send to a friend or a family
member who is marking a special occasion, who has been moved by a visit to
the Museum, or to someone for whom the preservation of the memory of the
Holocaust remains of paramount importance. Gifts can also be made in an
individual’s blessed memory.
Yad Vashem sends all honorees (or their family, if they are deceased) a
unique certificate to acknowledge the kind contribution made in their
name. The giving of these gifts can only help to ensure the continuation
of Yad Vashem’s vital activities.
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