Slovak President at Yad Vashem

29 March 2017

The President of the Slovak Republic, H.E. Mr. Andrej Kiska, visited Yad Vashem on 29March. The President toured the Holocaust History Museum, participated in a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance visited the Children’s Memorial and signed the Yad Vashem Guest Book.

"We should speak again and again about our history, about the most important values that we treasure – solidarity, humanity, empathy and love. We should never allow our past to be our children's future."

Dr. Robert Rozett (right), Director of Yad Vashem's Libraries, guided the President of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Kiska, through the Holocaust History Museum, which includes a display on anti-Jewish acts in a number of European countries during WWII, inc

Dr. Robert Rozett (right), Director of Yad Vashem's Libraries, guided the President of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Kiska, at the Holocaust History Museum which bears mini exhibits between each display hall – this one is about the Eichmann Trials

The President of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Kiska, at the Hall of Names, a "virtual tombstone" in memory of each Holocaust victim