Press Releases 2007

Serbian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

ODIHR and Yad Vashem Launch Teachers’ Guide on Addressing Antisemitism

Ukrainian President Proposes Family Members To be Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations

Delivers Documents to Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev

Cypriot Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

South Korean Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Sunday

Yad Vashem Comment on Opening of the ITS Archives

German Minister of Finance at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Finnish Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Liberian President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Yad Vashem Chairman Shalev Thanks Ukrainian President Yuschenko for Instructing the Relevant Professionals to Reach an Agreement Regarding the Bruno Schultz Murals

Chairman of the Council Lapid Protests Granting of Honor to Man Involved in Murder of Jews During Holocaust

Bnei Sakhnin and Kiryat Shmona Football Teams to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Thursday: Special Event with the Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Poet Will Read from “Babi Yar” and Other WorksRussian Poet Laureate in Israel Specially for Event

International Conference of Holocaust Child Survivors Recently Held in Jerusalem

Ceremony at Yad Vashem Honoring Stanislaw and Jadwiga Schultz as Righteous Among the Nations

German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

'Echoes And Reflections' Holocaust Curriculum Recognized By Peers With National Media Award

UN and Yad Vashem to hold International Forum on Holocaust Awareness and Genocide Prevention

BESA: A Code of Honor, Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, Photographer: Norman GershmanNew Exhibit at Yad Vashem Opens Thursday in presence of Minister Raleb Majadele

French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev with the Legion of Honor at a noontime ceremony at the Elysee today

Ceremony Honoring Hendrikus (Hein) and Martha Snapper as Righteous Among the Nations

Georgian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

International Recognition for Yad VashemThursday Sarkozy presented Shalev with Legion of Honor in special Elysee ceremony; Prince of Asturias Award for Concord to be Presented to Yad Vashem Friday in Oviedo, Spain

Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Ceremony Honoring Elisabeth Hedwig Leja Gessler as Righteous Among the Nations

Presidential Ceremony Honoring Polish Righteous Among the Nations to Take Place Wednesday in Warsaw

President Kaczyński and Yad Vashem Chairman Shalev to Speak

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

French President Sarkozy to Present Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev with Légion d’Honneur

Elysee ceremony to honor “the person who has turned Yad Vashem into a place of renown, of mutual exchange for younger generations of all backgrounds and cultures”

First-ever International Holocaust Conference in Spain Opens Monday

Now Available in the Yad Vashem Reading Room: Visual Aids for the Visually Impaired

Yad Vashem Receives Prince of Asturias Award for Concord

French Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Today

Prince Edward's Visit to Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem to Honor Yevgenia Zamoroko-Lysenko as Righteous Among the Nations

Award to be Presented at US Holocaust Memorial Museum 

Austrian Chancellor at Yad Vashem Monday

First transfer of material from ITS/Arolsen Archive arrives at Yad Vashem

Some 12 million documents to be absorbed in Yad Vashem Archives

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Yad Vashem Granted UN NGO Status

Yad Vashem to Honor Theodor Criveanu from Romania as Righteous Among the Nations

“Antisemitism? Anti-Zionism? Criticism of Israel?” Exhibit to open in Berlin Wednesday

Yad Vashem-TU Berlin exhibit to be displayed in German Foreign Ministry

Kasztner Archives to be Presented to Yad Vashem

Kasztner family members and survivors to attend Sunday ceremony

Icelandic Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Echoes and Reflections Summer Institute to Open Today at Yad Vashem

More than 40 Participants from USA to attend educational seminar held in partnership with ADL and USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Foreign Minister of Nepal at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Yad Vashem’s Website Wins WebiAward 2007

Slovakian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Italian Prime Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

International School for Holocaust Studies to Award 2007 Prizes for Excellence in the Field of Holocaust Studies at Ceremony Sunday in Presence of Minister of Education Yuli Tamir

Among Prize Recipients: Catholic educator Sister Gemma Del Duca, PhD, S.C., and High School Student Shai Roessler, for her work on the Hitler Youth, for which she interviewed hergrandfather and his friends - former members of the Hitler Youth

Australian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Yad Vashem to Honor Bernard Aptaker of Houston Tomorrow

Original Diary of Rutka Laskier to be Presented to Yad Vashem Tomorrow in Ceremony Marking Publication of the Diary in English and Hebrew

Rutka’s friend Stanislawa Sapinska, who kept the diary for 60 years, will travel from Poland to attend the ceremony

Righteous Among the Nations from Norway, the Netherlands, and Poland to be Recognized at Yad Vashem Ceremonies Next Week

Bad Arolsen Leadership at Yad Vashem

Discussions Ongoing to Prepare for Transfer of Material

European Parliament President at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Yad Vashem Welcomes ITS Decision to Transfer Copies of Archives to Member States

Senior delegation from ITS/Arolsen to visit Yad Vashem at end of month

El Salvador Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Official Ceremony to Commemorate VE Day Tomorrow at Yad Vashem

With Participation of Minister of Immigrant Absorption Ze’ev Boim

Prime Minister of Saxony at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Agreement on Co-operation between Yad Vashem and Dresden State Art Collections to be Signed

Today, Global Day for Darfur: Heads of Yad Vashem Call on UN Secretary General to Act to Stop the Genocide in Darfur Urge Security Council to Send Troops to Region to Restore Security

Foreign Minister of Singapore at Yad Vashem Sunday

US Secretary of Defense Gates at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Belgian who Rescued 300 Children to Receive Honorary Citizenship at Yad Vashem Ceremony Tomorrow

Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem: Hundreds of Youth Salute Holocaust Survivors in Ceremony for Youth Movements

Following is the text of the letter from Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem, in Response to the Letter of Archbishop Antonio Franco

Opening Ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day to Be Broadcast Live on www.yadvashem.org

Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, 15-16 April 2007 Central Theme and Events at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem

Events on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Monday, April 16, 2007

Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, 15-16 April 2007 MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS

Dr. Wolfgang Huber, President of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) will visit Yad Vashem tomorrow

Yad Vashem Launches Special mini-site for Holocaust Remembrance Day and New Online Exhibition

New in the Yad Vashem Exhibitions Pavilion

“Spots of Light: To Be A Woman in the Holocaust”A Unique Multimedia Exhibit Exploring Women’s Experiences in the Holocaust

German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Yad Vashem Sunday

UN Secretary General at Yad Vashem Today

Swedish Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

UN Secretary General at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Senior FA Officials and English Fans at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Seminar for Friends of Yad Vashem from Spanish Speaking Countries

Prime Minister of Slovak Republic at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Names Recovery Month Launched in Advance of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Refugees from Sudan who arrived in Israel due to the Darfur crisis visited Yad Vashem today

Refugees from Sudan who arrived in Israel due to the Darfur crisis to visit Yad Vashem Monday

Visit initiated by the Committee for Advancement of Refugees from Darfur (CARD)

Yad Vashem Chairman Appalled by Comments of German Bishops Comparing Holocaust to Situation in West Bank

Latvian Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

UK Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Kenyan Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Hungarian Foreign Minister Dr. Kinga Goncz at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Yad Vashem Welcomes UN Resolution on Holocaust Denial

Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day International Conference: “The Holocaust, Medicine and Medical Ethics”

Canadian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Sunday

Events marking the second annual observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2007

Yad Vashem events around the world marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27, 2007

Yad Vashem's Website in Farsi is Launched Today

Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic at Yad Vashem Sunday

Marking Ten Years of Educational Cooperation between Yad Vashem and Hungary: Agreement on Bilateral Cooperation in Education and Names Recovery between Yad Vashem and the Hungarian Education Ministry

Agreement to be Signed during Visit of Hungarian Education and Culture Minister to Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Estonian Foreign Minister at Yad Vashem Tomorrow

Dorit Novak Appointed Director of the International School for Holocaust Studies Succeeds Dr. Motti Shalem

President of Bundestag at Yad Vashem Tomorrow