Yifat Bachrach-Ron

An Anchor in the Darkness - Creating in Hiding During the Holocaust (A ready2print Exhibition)

In 1941, after the German invasion of the Netherlands, 15-year-old Tsofia (Fieke) Langer-Asscher was forced to leave her school in Groningen and move with her mother Clara to Amsterdam, where she studied at an art school established for Jewish children. From March 1943, however, she was forced into hiding under a false identity in Christian homes in the Friesland region of the northern Netherlands with the help of the Dutch underground. Despite her difficult circumstances, she continued to... Continue reading

Going Green on the Mount of Remembrance

The Yad Vashem campus extends over 45 acres of forest and groves upon the hills of Jerusalem. Some 15 acres are irrigated flower gardens and trees – most of them planted in honor of the Righteous Among the Nations. Through the initiative of Gadi Giladi, Director of the Maintenance Department at Yad Vashem, the flowers and trees now receive water discharged by the air conditioning system of the Museum Complex. This green-minded system, built by maintenance professionals, recycles 15,000 cubic... Continue reading