Amanda Smulowitz

Yad Vashem Employees Share Special Moments from Day-to-Day Work: Amanda's Story

I've worked at Yad Vashem for almost 30 years. During that time, there have been many occasions when I have been surprised, touched or moved to tears – usually in the course of a special event or occasion, be it a unique reunion of the Kindertransport, the inauguration of Block 27 at Auschwitz, or listening to a musician at a concert play a violin that survived the Holocaust. But sometimes, it doesn't take a major event to give me goosebumps. Sometimes things just come together, present and... Continue reading