Press Releases 2002

Almost 800 Names of Holocaust Victims from Norway to be Presented Today to Yad Vashem in the Framework of the International Conference on Historical Commissions of Inquiry

Chairman of Yad Vashem Calls for Vatican to Open all Holocaust-Related Files

International Conference Opens Sunday at Yad Vashem: “Confronting History - The Historical Commissions of Inquiry”

Yad Vashem Awards the Buchman Memorial Prize to Dr. Hanna Yablonka and Professor Arieh Kochavi

The Litvaks – Yad Vashem Publication Wins Prestigious Award

President Katsav, Heads of French Jewish Organizations at Yad Vashem for Dedication Ceremony of Janusz Korczak Square

Yad Vashem Responds to German Embassy Ceremony in Israel

Roman Polanski Uncovers Father's Documents at Yad Vashem

US Ambassador, Israeli Officials Honor Yad Vashem

American Society for Yad Vashem Marks 20 Years of Partnership

Yad Vashem Responds to French Court Decision to release Maurice Papon

Yad Vashem Condemns Holocaust Denial Symposium

Yad Vashem Condemns Holocaust Denial Symposium

A First: A Wide-Reaching Project on Holocaust Education in the Former Soviet Union

Program framework: seminars for Jewish teachers in the FSU; seminars for Israeli instructors; activities for youth in the FSU; and preparation of learning material in Russian

Yad Vashem sponsors Jewish educators’ seminar

Righteous Among the Nations Ceremonies at Yad Vashem

Chairman Guido Westerwelle visits Yad Vashem: Yad Vashem condemns verbal antisemitic aggression in Germany

Yad Vashem’s reaction to reported statements by the Berlin Secret Police

Yad Vashem reacts to Jean Marie Le Pen’s success in France's Presidential Primaries

At the Opening Session of its International Conference: Yad Vashem announces the establishment of the Asper Holocaust International Studies Program

Yad Vashem's reaction to author Jose Saramago's statements

Yad Vashem announces the establishment of the “Fund for Research of the Holocaust in Hungary and Hungarian Jewish History”

Two Bulgarian Clergymen honored as Righteous Among the Nations

New Exhibition at Yad Vashem – First time outside the borders of Eastern Europe

Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of HellMajdanek and Auschwitz Liberated: Testimony of an Artist