Press Releases 2023

Yad Vashem Reacts to President of Syria's Holocaust Denial Statement, 20 December 2023

A Hidden Torah Scroll Donated to Yad Vashem's Synagogue Serves as an Everlasting Witness to the Holocaust and the Destruction of Europe's Jewish Communities

First time: Israel's Chief Rabbinate Council to convene at Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem Chairman: There Can Be No Context or Justification to Genocidal Calls on College Campuses

Yad Vashem Presents Holocaust Historians Dr. Laurien Vastenhout and Prof. Edward Westermann with the Coveted Yad Vashem International Book Prize

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan Addresses the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) Plenary in Zagreb

Yad Vashem Guide and Holocaust Educator Liat Atzili Beinin Released from Gaza

Yad Vashem Addresses Global Antisemitism Crisis at the "Rome-Jerusalem Emergency Summit"

Yad Vashem Alarmed by the Escalation of Antisemitism on TikTok and other Social Media

A crucial stop in the ‘Journey of Dialogue’: Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan will participate in Washington Rally

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan embarks on ‘Journey of Dialogue’ to meet with Faculty and Students on US College Campuses

Yad Vashem Urges Mayor of Tangerhütte to Reconsider Renaming of Anne Frank Day Care Center

Yad Vashem Urges World Leaders to Transform Words into Action in the Global War Against Antisemitism

Yad Vashem Calls for a Global War Against Soaring Antisemitism

Yad Vashem on the Donning of Yellow Star Badges at the United Nations

Yad Vashem Opens the Building of the International School for Holocaust Studies so that Evacuated Children from Southern Israel can go Back to School

Yad Vashem's Response to UN Secretary General António Guterres's Statements in the UN Security Council about the Israel-Gaza War

Yad Vashem Reaction to the Canadian Parliament's Standing Ovation Honoring of Yaroslav Hunka

Yad Vashem Mourns the Passing of Holocaust Survivor Shlomo Margulies at the Venerable Age of 100

Yad Vashem's Reacts to Recent Archival Findings Exposed in Letter Sent to Pope Pius XII by German Jesuit Priest in 1942

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan Visits Berlin to Further Strengthen Cooperative Initiatives with German Ministries and Commemorate Holocaust Victims

Yad Vashem Condemns any Attempts to Distort the Truth about Miklós Horthy

Yad Vashem Condemns Comments the Palestinian Authority Chairman about Holocaust Victims

Yad Vashem Condemns Yesterday's Attack in Warsaw by a Member of the Polish Parliament against Renowned Holocaust Historian Prof. Jan Grabowski

Speaker of the US House of Representatives to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow, 1 May 2023

Yad Vashem Mourns the Loss of Holocaust Survivor Rabbi Efraim Mol, Z"l

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 17-18 April 2023: Images from Yad Vashem's Wreath-Laying Ceremony

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 17-18 April 2023: Live broadcast of the Wreath Laying Ceremony at Yad Vashem

Update Regarding the State Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2023 at Yad Vashem

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day Official State Opening Ceremony from Yad Vashem Live Broadcast with Simultaneous Translation

English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish and also into Arabic

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 17-18 April 2023

Central Theme for Holocaust Remembrance Day: "Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust: Marking 80 Years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"

Yad Vashem's Statement Regarding Renewal of Educational Group Visits to Poland

Groundbreaking Partnership Between Yad Vashem and Yeshiva University Combats Rise in Antisemitism through Increased Holocaust Education

Agreement Lays Groundwork for Resource Sharing and Teacher Training Initiatives

Prime Minister of Slovakia to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow, 6 March 2023

Lithuania Foreign Minister to Visit Yad Vashem Tomorrow, 2 March 2023

Yad Vashem mourns the passing of former Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council and Holocaust survivor Prof. Szewach Weiss z'l

Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

Yad Vashem to open two new exhibitions – "The Book of Names of Holocaust Victims" at the UN Headquarters in New York, and "Sixteen Objects" at the Bundestag in Berlin

Yad Vashem to Unveil "The Book of Names" in the UN Headquarters, 26 January 2023

The opening event will be broadcast live via Yad Vashem's website and Facebook Page (via UNTV)

Historic Visit: Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan in Germany for the First Time

The Week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem Chairman to Open a New Yad Vashem Exhibition in the Bundestag and Meet with High-Ranking German Officials