Dani Dayan

Yad Vashem Chairman Dayan Address to Lithuania's Seimas, 21 September 2023 

Holocaust survivors, Madam Speaker and members of the Seimas Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Abba Kovner, who grew up here in Vilnius, and emerged, soon after the start of the German occupation, as a leader of the Vilna ghetto’s partisan fighters, wrote in one of his retrospective books: One day my son told me, “Dad, I'd like to go to Vilna with you sometime, and you could show me where it all happened." My son was surprised when I told him: “Son, that place... Continue reading

Adhering to the Historical Truth about the Mufti during the Holocaust

Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, was a despicable antisemite and ardent Nazi supporter. Nevertheless, the role he played in the Holocaust was marginal.  Inaugurated in 2005, Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum contains hundreds of Holocaust-era artifacts, photographs and artworks, all carefully curated to reflect the accurate historical truth of the Holocaust. On display in the Museum are two photographs of the Mufti – one with Heinrich Himmler, and one with Bosnian... Continue reading