Yad Vashem

Ideas

As a Holocaust scholar and child of survivors, I’m horrified that a bigot may lead Yad Vashem

Can a man who does not accept human rights for Arabs and Palestinians lead an institution dedicated to teaching millions to appreciate the innate value of all human beings?

Holocaust survivors are angry that a far-right politician has been nominated to lead Yad Vashem

“He is not a man who regards everyone as equal,” the chairman of the Israeli Association of Bergen-Belsen Survivors said of Effi Eitam.

A poster advertising an exhibition in Luxembourg on the actions of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. (Courtesy of the government of Luxembourg)

Portuguese diplomat who rescued 10,000 Jews to be honored with monument at famed Lisbon site

The recognition for Aristides de Sousa Mendes will go in the National Pantheon, which recognizes the country’s greatest figures.

Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review)

Global

A Ukrainian priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust has never been honored by Yad Vashem. New research could change that.

Israel

Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day torch-lighting at Yad Vashem held without audience

Israel

Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with global name-reading from home initiative

Israel

Yad Vashem: Blame us, not Russia, for ‘unfortunate’ video at Israel’s Holocaust event

Israel

Yad Vashem apologizes for ‘unfortunate errors’ in films screened at Auschwitz commemoration

Global

BBC slammed for allegedly linking Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to Holocaust complex

Selma van de Perre, right, being interviewed about her book at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 9, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

As number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, educators assess the impact of living testimony

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