Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem and Roman Abramovich announced today a new long-term strategic partnership aimed at strengthening Yad Vashem’s endeavours in the areas of Holocaust research and remembrance. The partnership forms part of Abramovich’s global charitable work in promoting Holocaust research and education, as well as combating antisemitism. The pledged funding will go towards significantly enriching…
In a new book, Yoel Yaari, son of Bela Hazan Yaari, tells untold story of bravery shown by his mother and other women, who carried out the most dangerous missions of the anti-Nazi, Jewish resistance
Jan. 27, 2021
On January 27 last year, Holocaust memorials and museums around the world were commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. No one could have imagined that shortly after, memorial sites would face one of the greatest challenges for public commemoration in their existence.
This week, as the world prepares to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a year after the COVID pandemic closed historical sites around the globe, Holocaust memorials, museums, and national and international institutions, are still challenged by the cancellation of perhaps the most iconic and resonant rituals of remembrance: gathering and commemorating at the actual sites where the mass murder was perpetrated.