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Press Releases
2008
December
- 31 December 2008
- New Online Resource:
Strategies in Facing Antisemitism: An Educational Resource Guide
Marking the 100th Birthday of Simon Wiesenthal - 21 December 2008
- Polish Righteous Among the Nations To be Honored at Yad Vashem Tuesday
- 15 December 2008
- Yad Vashem to Receive Court Records of US Trials Against Suspected War Criminals
- 14 December 2008
- Austrian President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 3 December 2008
- International Conference Opening Monday at Yad Vashem: The Holocaust, the Survivors and the State of Israel
November
- 30 November 2008
- Czech Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 27 November 2008
- Save the Date: International Conference on 'The Holocaust, The Survivors, and the State of Israel'
- 24 November 2008
- Italian President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 23 November 2008
- Foreign Minister of El Salvador at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 23 November 2008
- Actors Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Ben Stiller, and producer Jeffrey Katzenberg visited Yad Vashem today
- 18 November 2008
- Foreign Minister of Ecuador at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 10 November 2008
- Tomorrow: Righteous Among the Nations from Poland to be Honored
- 9 November 2008
- Rabbi Israel Meir Lau Appointed Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council
- 4 November 2008
- Sunday at Yad Vashem: Marking 70 Years Since Kristallnacht
October
- 27 October 2008
- Australian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 22 October 2008
- Yad Vashem to Receive List of Jews in Germany (1933-45) from German Government Tomorrow
- 19 October 2008
- Yad Vashem Comment on Statements referring to Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Pius XII
- 7 October 2008
- Polish Righteous Among the Nations To be Honored at Yad Vashem Sunday
September
- 25 September 2008
- Yad Vashem comment on closing of case against Dr Arad
- 25 September 2008
- Worlds Largest Collection of Holocaust Survivor Video Testimonies Now at Yad Vashem
- 23 September 2008
- New: Auschwitz Album in Farsi Uploaded to Yad Vashem Persian Website
- 18 September 2008
- French Justice Minister at Yad Vashem Sunday
- 18 September 2008
- Dutch Righteous Among the Nations To be Honored at Yad Vashem Monday
- 16 September 2008
- Jerusalem Conference of Mayors at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 2 September 2008
- Finnish Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Today
August
- 24 August 2008
- President of Uruguay at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 11 August 2008
- Yad Vashem Concerned by Atmosphere of Antisemitism and Holocaust Revision in Lithuania
- 6 August 2008
- Sixty-six Years Since the Murder of Janusz Korczak and the Children
July
- 22 July 2008
- Senator Barack Obama at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 17 July 2008
- British Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Sunday
- 13 July 2008
- Yad Vashem's Response Regarding the Investigation of the Prime Minister
- 10 July 2008
- Statement by Yad Vashem Regarding the Request to Include Material About the Activities of the Bergson Group in the Permanent Display of the Holocaust History Museum
- 2 July 2008
- More than 700 Educators from 52 Countries to attend Yad Vashem Conference on Holocaust Education
June
- 22 June 2008
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Yad Vashem Monday
- 5 June 2008
- Yad Vashem opens hebrew channel on YouTube
- 1 June 2008
- Yad Vashem Mourns the Passing of Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Joseph (Tommy) Lapid
May
- 28 May 2008
- Danish Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 15 May 2008
- Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at Yad Vashem Friday
- 14 May 2008
- Official Visits to Yad Vashem Tomorrow, May 15, 2008
- 12 May 2008
- Yad Vashem Mourns the Passing of Righteous Among the Nations Irena Sendler
- 11 May 2008
- Official Ceremony to Commemorate VE Day Today at Yad Vashem
April
- 30 April 2008
- Musical Events and Exhibitions
- 30 April 2008
- Tomorrow: Yad Vashems Photo Archive Online at www.yadvashem.org
- 29 April 2008
- Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, 30 April - 1 May 2008
Central Theme and Events at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem - 29 April 2008
- Yad Vashem Launches YouTube Channels
- 28 April 2008
- Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 22 April 2008
- New Exhibition To Open April 28 in Presence of Prime Minister
My Homeland: Holocaust Survivors in Israel - 13 April 2008
- Main Events Marking Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day 2008
- 9 April 2008
- Polish Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 1 April 2008
- Yad Vashem receives the personal archives of Rabbi Dr. Zvi Asaria Hermann Helfgott zl
March
- 24 March 2008
- Bulgarian President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 24 March 2008
- Luxembourg Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 23 March 2008
- Canadian Minister of Public Safety at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 19 March 2008
- Yad Vashem Response to Misinformation Regarding Meeting Held Between Ukrainian Vice Prime Ministers Delegation
and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem Last Month - 17 March 2008
- Senator John McCain at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 16 March 2008
- German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 14 March 2008
- Actor Wentworth Miller at Yad Vashem
- 13 March 2008
- German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at Yad Vashem Monday
- 11 March 2008
- Spanish Righteous Among the Nations To be Honored at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 9 March 2008
- Czech Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 2 March 2008
- Hungarian President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
February
- 28 February 2008
- Israel and Ukraine Sign Agreement Today on Bruno Schulz Works Located at Yad Vashem
- 27 February 2008
- Yad Vashem Chairman presents written protest to Lithuanian Foreign Minister regarding the ongoing investigation into Holocaust historian and partisan Dr. Yitzhak Arad
- 20 February 2008
- Thursday: Swiss Righteous Among the Nations Ceremony at Yad Vashem
- 19 February 2008
- Romanian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 17 February 2008
- Yad Vashem Statement on Sarkozy Initiative
- 14 February 2008
- Sunday: Righteous Among the Nations from Poland to be Honored
- 12 February 2008
- Statement on the late Congressman Tom Lantos
- 5 February 2008
- UNESCO Director - General to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow
January
- 24 January 2008
- Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27
First Ever International Youth Congress on the Holocaust - 24 January 2008
- In Advance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
40% of Israeli Arab Population would visit a Website with Information in Arabic about the Holocaust
58% Believe its Necessary to Learn about the Holocaust in School - 20 January 2008
- In Advance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
Arabic Website to be launched Thursday at www.yadvashem.org - 17 January 2008
- Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27
Events Around the World - 17 January 2008
- Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27
Events at Yad Vashem - 13 January 2008
- Canadian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow
- 10 January 2008
- President Bush at Yad Vashem Friday
- 8 January 2008
- President Bush to Visit Yad Vashem Friday
