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Last Month, Yad Vashem Unveiled the Book of Names, an Enormous Installation That Lists the Nearly Five Million Holocaust Victims Who Have Been Documented So Far. Since Most Don’t Have a Tombstone, This Is an Important Way to Memorialize Them in a Manner That Is Both Concrete and Personal

Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.

Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.

The 1960 Sharpeville Massacre ignited international outrage and the birth of the Anti-Apartheid Movement worldwide.

Research from a new book compiled by researchers found police at the time minimised the number of victims on 21 March 1960 by almost a third, misrepresenting this shocking story for over 60 years.

Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.

May we all remember this 85th anniversary of the Holocaust so that it never happens again, and may we all choose to look forward to a future of peace rather than hate.

Classrooms Without Borders takes teachers to the 'place of history' so students learn facts and 'what comes from the heart'

From the blog of Inna Rogatchi at The Times of Israel

For unknown reasons, parts of a speech by Hitler and Nazi chants were blasted over the speaker, on a train carrying an Austrian Rabbi, among others.