Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2013
This Monday, April 8, is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. This year's theme is Defiance and Rebellion during the Holocaust. Following is a piece exploring this theme by Yad Vashem Chief Historian Prof. Dina Porat.
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Defiance and Rebellion during the Holocaust
Marking 70 Years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
"It is a necessity… an imperative, due to the historical truth and the legacy that our generation will bequeath to those who will come after us, to speak not only of the loss… but also to reveal, in its fullest scope, the heroic struggle of the people, the community and the individual, during the days of massacre and at the very epicenters of destruction."
Thus wrote Yitzhak (Antek) Zuckerman, one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in the early 1950s. Today his words remain a guiding principle as we mark the 70th anniversary of the uprising. Read more...
Dina Porat is Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History at the Department of Jewish History, Head of the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, and holds the Alfred P. Slaner Chair for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University. Since 2011 she has served as Chief Historian of Yad Vashem.
