Newsletter No. 20, March 2013

Vijesti iz Yad Vashema

President Obama at Yad Vashem

US President Barack Obama will visit Yad Vashem on Friday, March 22, 2013. He will visit the Hall of Names, the Museum of Holocaust Art, participate in a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance, and visit the Children’s Memorial, before signing the Yad Vashem Guest Book. President Obama will be accompanied by President Shimon Peres..... 

Defiance and Rebellion during the Holocaust: 70 Years Since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The notions of "defiance" and "rebellion" are fundamentally important to any discussion concerning the Holocaust – and rightly so. In the ghettos and camps, indeed in every place with a Jewish populace and Jewish life, there was some form of protest or resistance to the plot to obliterate the Jewish nation..... 

Submit Names to be Recited At Yad Vashem's Hall of Remembrance

Those who would like to have the names of their loved ones who perished in the Holocaust read in the Hall of Remembrance on Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day are invited to submit the details of those whose names they would like read. ..

Scroll of Names Given to Yad Vashem

Read the story of a special Megila that was recently brought to Yad Vashem – a scroll with 1,349 names of Jews from the town of Pinczow (Kielce region) in Poland who were murdered in the Shoah... 

“And You Shall Tell Your Children”, Marking the Holiday of Passover Before, During and After the Holocaust

The imperative to remember is a significant element of the Passover holiday, and part of its tradition and rituals. Visit our online exhibit: “And You Shall Tell Your Children”, Marking the Holiday of Passover Before, During and After the Holocaust ...