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WHY WE REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST April 11 – 18, 2010 From April 11 through April 18, the Museum is leading the nation’s annual Days of Remembrance commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust as well as the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the end [...] Many original pictures taken from the web (most of from Yad Vashem)about Crystal Night,Dachau,Bergen Belsen,Auschwitz,Warsaw Ghetto,Poland,Slovakia,Hungary,Paris(exh ibition of French children deported 11400),Lodz,Kovno,Hitler, Himmler and Goebbels. Share and Enjoy: Miep Gies, the last survivor among Anne Frank’s protectors and the woman who preserved the diary that endures as a testament to the human spirit in the face of unfathomable evil, died Monday night, the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam said. She was 100. The British Broadcasting Corporation said Mrs. Gies suffered a fall late last [...] January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated this day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), an annual day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Nazi era. Every member nation of the U.N. has an obligation to honor [...] Holocaust Victims’ Names Commemoration The Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, speaks about the importance of commemorating the Jews who perished during the Holocaust. Rav Lau, himself a child survivor of Buchenwald, powerfully calls upon Jews across the world, to join efforts to recover the names of [...] Holocaust Education. Yad Vashem Containing the world’s largest repository of information on the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is a leader in Holocaust education, commemoration, research and documentation. Located in Jerusalem, Israel, Yad Vashem’s 45 acre campus comprises museums, exhibitions, memorials, sculptures, gardens, and world class research and education centers. Millions each year access Yad Vashem’s vast resources [...] |
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