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Yad Vashem

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World center for Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration. A dynamic place of inter-generational and international encounter.

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Today, I visited Yad Vashem and paid respects to the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. We reaffirm our sacred duty: Never Again. The United States stands firmly with Israel in combating antisemitism and preserving the truth of history.

Today, I visited <a href="/yadvashem/">Yad Vashem</a> and paid respects to the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. We reaffirm our sacred duty: Never Again. The United States stands firmly with Israel in combating antisemitism and preserving the truth of history.
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Walter Israel Mayer was turned over to the Gestapo, and was deported to Auschwitz #OTD 17 May 1943 Herta, Aryeh and Ilse found themselves alone in Berlin, without their husband and father How did they survive in war-time Berlin? This is their story: ow.ly/BPEN50OllmR

Walter Israel Mayer was turned over to the Gestapo, and was deported to Auschwitz #OTD 17 May 1943

Herta, Aryeh and Ilse found themselves alone in Berlin, without their husband and father

How did they survive in war-time Berlin? 
This is their story:
ow.ly/BPEN50OllmR
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Her guided tour and insightful meeting with Chairman Dani Dayan highlighted the urgent need to combat rising antisemitism in Canada and worldwide. This visit reinforces our shared commitment to remembrance and action. #NeverAgain

Her guided tour and insightful meeting with Chairman <a href="/AmbDaniDayan/">Dani Dayan</a> highlighted the urgent need to combat rising antisemitism in Canada and worldwide. This visit reinforces our shared commitment to remembrance and action. #NeverAgain
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Join us on June 11th at 12pm (EDT) for the 6th Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture "The Yiddishe Neshome of Yehuda Bauer's Historiography" led by Dan Michman (Bar Ilan University & Yad Vashem). Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us on June 11th at 12pm (EDT) for the 6th Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture "The Yiddishe Neshome of Yehuda Bauer's Historiography" led by Dan Michman (<a href="/BarIlanU/">Bar Ilan University</a> &amp; <a href="/yadvashem/">Yad Vashem</a>). Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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#OTD 20 May 1944, David and Perla Urbach and their two daughters, Rosa and Regine, were deported on transport no. 74 from Drancy to Auschwitz Perla and Rosa survived Regine’s fate is unknown David was murdered on a death march This is their story: bit.ly/3wDlJae

#OTD 20 May 1944, David and Perla Urbach and their two daughters, Rosa and Regine, were deported on transport no. 74 from Drancy to Auschwitz 

Perla and Rosa survived 
Regine’s fate is unknown 
David was murdered on a death march 

This is their story: bit.ly/3wDlJae
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Chairman of Yad Vashem Dani Dayan is chairing IHRA this year. In this interview he discusses remembrance, distortion, and the legacy of Holocaust survivors: bit.ly/3HhyOuO "I am deeply concerned about Holocaust distortion, rather than outright denial. This must

Chairman of Yad Vashem <a href="/AmbDaniDayan/">Dani Dayan</a> is chairing <a href="/TheIHRA/">IHRA</a> this year. In this interview he discusses remembrance, distortion, and the legacy of Holocaust survivors: bit.ly/3HhyOuO

"I am deeply concerned about Holocaust distortion, rather than outright denial. This must
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#OTD 21 May 1942, the first roundup of Jews in the Chełm ghetto took place Prior to the roundup, the Germans had ordered the Judenrat to employ all able-bodied Jews in cleaning attics and cellars; this was intended to hinder Jews from hiding in the ghetto Learn more about the

#OTD 21 May 1942, the first roundup of Jews in the Chełm ghetto took place
 
Prior to the roundup, the Germans had ordered the Judenrat to employ all able-bodied Jews in cleaning attics and cellars; this was intended to hinder Jews from hiding in the ghetto 

Learn more about the
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A Deadly Lie: Streicher's Campaign to Criminalize the Jewish People Streicher founded Der Sturmer in 1923. The newspaper revived medieval blood-libels and propagated antisemitic myths. Learn more: yadvashem.org/blog/streicher…

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Two days after Eichmann's arrival in Israel, #OTD 23 May 1960, the Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion took to the Knesset podium to proclaim that Eichmann had been captured and was in Israel The news stunned and amazed public opinion in Israel and worldwide ow.ly/5GLm50OpW6C

Two days after Eichmann's arrival in Israel, #OTD 23 May 1960, the Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion took to the Knesset podium to proclaim that Eichmann had been captured and was in Israel

The news stunned and amazed public opinion in Israel and worldwide

ow.ly/5GLm50OpW6C
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#SaturdayNightArt The Eichmann trial shaped an awareness of the Holocaust in Israeli and world public opinion View courtroom sketches from the trial: bit.ly/4k69BSD

#SaturdayNightArt 
The Eichmann trial shaped an awareness of the Holocaust in Israeli and world public opinion 

View courtroom sketches from the trial: bit.ly/4k69BSD
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For the fourth year running, Docaviv and Yad Vashem will be presenting the Yad Vashem Award for an outstanding Holocaust-related documentary. This year, the prize will be presented to Oren Rudavsky, director of Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire. The award will be presented by Tzvika

For the fourth year running, Docaviv and Yad Vashem will be presenting the Yad Vashem Award for an outstanding Holocaust-related documentary. This year, the prize will be presented to Oren Rudavsky, director of  Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire.

The award will be presented by Tzvika
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Today in Israel we celebrate "Jerusalem Day" #YomYerushalayim, marking the reunification of Jerusalem during the 6 Day War in 1967, amongst other events. Pictured below is Holocaust survivor Issachar Trossman in IDF uniform at the Kotel (Western Wall) during the war. Issachar

Today in Israel we celebrate "Jerusalem Day" #YomYerushalayim, marking the reunification of Jerusalem during the 6 Day War in 1967, amongst other events.

Pictured below is Holocaust survivor Issachar Trossman in IDF uniform at the Kotel (Western Wall) during the war.

Issachar
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From Home to an Unknown Fate: The Deportation of the Jews of Wurzburg By the end of 1941, World War II had entered its third year. Germany advanced from one conquest to the next; they controlled almost all of Europe, from the outskirts of Moscow to the Pyrenees Mountains on the

From Home to an Unknown Fate: The Deportation of the Jews of Wurzburg

By the end of 1941, World War II had entered its third year. Germany advanced from one conquest to the next; they controlled almost all of Europe, from the outskirts of Moscow to the Pyrenees Mountains on the
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Visited #YadVashem this morning, thanks to Israel Foreign Ministry & Dani Dayan invite. Deeply moved by the reminder of the Holocaust's victims, humanity's darkest crime. Yad Vashem sets the gold standard for preserving memory. 🕯️ #NeverForget

Visited #YadVashem this morning, thanks to <a href="/IsraelMFA/">Israel Foreign Ministry</a> &amp; <a href="/AmbDaniDayan/">Dani Dayan</a> invite. Deeply moved by the reminder of the Holocaust's victims, humanity's darkest crime. Yad Vashem sets the gold standard for preserving memory. 🕯️ #NeverForget
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At Yad Vashem & Israel Foreign Ministry for the IHRA Conference on Combatting Antisemitism - on how to move from statements to concrete action - representing Switzerland among 36 IHRA member states and many NGOs & experts.

At <a href="/yadvashem/">Yad Vashem</a> &amp; <a href="/IsraelMFA/">Israel Foreign Ministry</a> for the <a href="/TheIHRA/">IHRA</a> Conference on Combatting Antisemitism - on how to move from statements to concrete action - representing Switzerland among 36 IHRA member states and many NGOs &amp; experts.
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Karel & Amalia Hamerslag were murdered in Sobibor #OTD 28 May 1943 Their children – Mirjam and Henri – were rescued by the Dutch underground Read the rescue story: ow.ly/aVxv50OqOqE

Karel &amp; Amalia Hamerslag were murdered in Sobibor #OTD 28 May 1943 

Their children – Mirjam and Henri – were rescued by the Dutch underground

Read the rescue story: 
ow.ly/aVxv50OqOqE
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On the eve of #WWII, about 1,500 Jews lived in Trzebinia, a community bubbling with Chassidic life & Torah learning, Zionism and a pioneering spirit, political parties and youth movements #OTD 29 May 1942, the deportation of the Jews of Trzebinia began: ow.ly/TC8b50OqOFx

On the eve of #WWII, about 1,500 Jews lived in Trzebinia, a community bubbling with Chassidic life &amp; Torah learning, Zionism and a pioneering spirit, political parties and youth movements

#OTD 29 May 1942, the deportation of the Jews of Trzebinia began: ow.ly/TC8b50OqOFx
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#PhotoFriday The Auschwitz Album is the only visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder It contains photographs of a transport that arrived at Auschwitz from Hungary #ThisWeek in 1944 Explore it here ow.ly/Fn6R50JaOnQ

#PhotoFriday
The Auschwitz Album is the only visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder 

It contains photographs of a transport that arrived at Auschwitz from Hungary #ThisWeek in 1944 

Explore it here ow.ly/Fn6R50JaOnQ
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At the Ramla prison #OTD during the night between 31 May and 1 June 1962 Eichmann was executed by hanging In his final moments, Eichmann expressed his unwavering love and loyalty to Germany and Argentina Learn more: ow.ly/kbpm50OqU8a

At the Ramla prison #OTD during the night between 31 May and 1 June 1962 Eichmann was executed by hanging

In his final moments, Eichmann expressed his unwavering love and loyalty to Germany and Argentina

Learn more: ow.ly/kbpm50OqU8a
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The holiday of Shavuot begins tonight In May 1945, American Chaplain Rabbi Hershel Schaecter led Shavuot prayers for survivors in the Buchenwald DP camp, ~one month after its liberation Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the YV Council (then a child) is seated in the front row

The holiday of Shavuot begins tonight

In May 1945, American Chaplain Rabbi Hershel Schaecter led  Shavuot prayers for survivors in the Buchenwald DP camp, ~one month after its liberation

Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the YV Council (then a child) is seated in the front row