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Young Girl’s Diary Recently
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Righteous Among the Nations
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Sixty years after pouring out her heart on
paper, the diary of fourteen-year-old Rutka Laskier, who perished in
the Holocaust, has been uncovered and published. After realizing that
she would probably not survive the war, Rutka, together with a young
Polish contemporary, hid her diary under the floorboards of her home
in the Polish ghetto of Bedzin. Her friend, who kept the diary as a
keepsake, recently presented it to Yad Vashem.
Read excerpts from Rutka’s
Notebook online. Available for purchase in Hebrew and English via our
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Eleven Righteous Among the Nations were
posthumously recognized at Yad Vashem during the month of June. One of
them was Maria Burdowa, a young Polish woman who sold flowers
door-to-door in Lvov. Toward the end of 1941, the Klarfelds turned to
a Maria, a friendly acquaintance, to safeguard their two young
children, a four-year-old girl and ten-month old boy. With a small
monetary down payment and assurance of additional help, Maria agreed
to care for the children. To read about Maria Burdowa and other
Righteous Among the Nations
click here. |
Yad Vashem Wins
WebiAward 2007
For the second year running, Yad Vashem’s website has received top kudos
from People and Computer Magazine.
See details here. |
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Names Recovery |
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he Shoah Victims’ Names Recovery Project,
aimed at memorializing each individual Jew who perished in the
Holocaust, has a
new online directory
of groups and
individuals currently implementing Names Recovery Campaigns. This list
serves as a valuable resource for people who would like to identify
and join existing campaigns in progress in their area. The success of
this project rests heavily upon a dedicated network of volunteers
around the world. For information and ideas visit our
Community Outreach Guide |
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Spotlight on the Web |
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Online Video Resource
Center
Recently inaugurated, the Online Video
Resource Center is an ideal source of primary information. A combination
of videoed testimonies, printed background information and films, the
center contains over 45 testimonies, many from Yad Vashem's Holocaust
History Museum. With Sanctity and With Valour provides insight into
Orthodox Jewish Observance during the Holocaust. This exhibition
spotlights the lifestyle of Orthodox Jewry in the years preceding, during,
and immediately following the Holocaust. It provides a rare glimpse into a
world of tremendous religious faith and belief and allows us, through the
images and through the testimony, to explore their experiences and their
fate.
See more here. |
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Upcoming Events |
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Spots of Light - To
be Woman in the Holocaust, Gallery Talk in Hebrew, July 26, Thursday,
18:00, Yad Vashem. 20 NIS per person. The
exhibit will run through
the end of the year. This multimedia exhibit underscores the unique
experience of women in the Holocaust and how they coped with the
changing realities of their world. The exhibit examines issues of
motherhood, love, femininity, womanhood, arts and food all through the
individual stories of the women who experienced them.
Music and Memory, Friday August 3, 11:30 at the Yad Vashem
Auditorium.
This historic concert combines creative works composed while in the
Theresienstadt Ghetto as well as others that were banned by the Nazis.
The performance is in conjunction with Beit Theresienstadt, the
Theresienstadt Martyrs Remembrance Association. Entrance is Free. |
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With Your Support... |
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Yad Vashem welcomes into its family of
Benefactors:
Jan and Susanne Czuker were honored as donors of the “Bridge to
a Vanished World” on May 20 in a ceremony at Yad Vashem.
Bernard Aptaker was honored as donor of the “Warsaw Ghetto
Square Garden” on June 27 in a ceremony at Yad Vashem.
Shaul, Max and Atara Mazin donated the “Soldiers Garden” and
the “Garden of the Hall of Remembrance”. Mr. Mazin also serves as the
honorary President of the Spanish Friends of Yad Vashem.
Yad Vashem welcomes into its family of Guardians:
Ruth and Morris Shell donated the “Jerusalem Vista”. A ceremony was
held in honor of their donation on July 6 at Yad Vashem.
Yad Vashem welcomes into its family of Builders:
Aaron Benoliel and his family from Spain were honored as donors of
the “Garden under Visitor's Center” on June 24 in a ceremony at Yad
Vashem
Our
Friends activities support Yad Vashem in numerous ways.
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