NSW Premier Visits Yad Vashem

NSW Premier Mike Baird and his wife Kerryn tour the Holocaust History Museum
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05 April 2016

The Premier of New South Wales, Australia, Mike Baird MP, visited Yad Vashem on 5 April as part of a delegation of leading NSW businesspeople to Israel arranged by the Australian Israel Chamber of Commerce. Included in the delegation with Mr. Baird was his wife Kerryn and Devanand "Dave" Sharma, Ambassador of Australia to Israel.

Following an in-depth tour of the Holocaust History Museum, the Premier and Ambassador Sharma laid wreaths in memory of the Holocaust victims in the Hall of Remembrance.

At the conclusion of the visit, Premier Baird wrote a poignant message in the Yad Vashem Guest Book:

"On behalf of the people of NSW (New South Wales) we say how sorry we are. The whole humanity must learn thought your unimaginable pain. We know what overcomes the darkness, but we must always remember that for evil to triumph, good men and women must do nothing. Never again can we do nothing."

Ambassador Sharma wrote: "With deepest appreciation for the important task you perform in honoring loss, preserving memory and sanctifying life."

NSW Premier Mike Baird and his wife Kerryn tour the Holocaust History Museum

Members of the delegation in the gallery depicting the DP camps after the war

Premier and Mrs. Baird lay a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance

Premier Baird and Ambassador of Australia to Israel Dave Sharma received a copy of the Yad Vashem Album "To Bear Witness" at the conclusion of their visit