Yad Vashem

Remembering Elie Wiesel: A soul on fire and a life dedicated to justice - opinion

Yad Vashem marked the 10th anniversary of Professor Elie Wiesel’s death with a screening of a film on his life and legacy.  His death remains a personal and profound loss. 

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Elisha Wiesel, Elie Wiesel's son, keeps his father's leagcy and memory alive

Elie Wiesel's son rejects Rahm Emanuel's 'pariah' verdict on Israel

Israeli soldiers stand guard during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026

Israel to assume one-year chairmanship of Arlosen Archives, comprehensive WWII archive in 2027

People view the exhibits at Yad Vashem on April 13, 2026.

Germany to provide Yad Vashem with €5 million annually under new agreement with Israel


European Union to co-sponsor new immersive Yad Vashem exhibit

The new project aims to resurrect Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust, bringing forward surviving testimonies in immersive detail with the use of new technologies. 

 European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, and Yad Vashem chairman, Danny Dannon, at Yad Vashem, May 28, 2024.

October 7 hero creates 'Survived to tell' initiative to recount survivor testimonies

Turning tragedy into teachable moments through virtual reality: This project aims to spark a global dialogue rooted in empathy and recognizing our shared humanity.

 “Survived to Tell – Be the Witness” experience.

The state of Holocaust education is dire, and the situation is failing survivors - opinion

The rot goes much deeper and has spread among the highly educated who don’t dispute that the Holocaust happened – and even commemorate it.

 ‘THE WORLD Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’; Holocaust education, which includes books like this one, is failing survivors, says the writer.

Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims

The technology used can quickly and efficiently process testimonies and identify names.

 Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Observing with renewed urgency post-Oct. 7

Remembering, reflecting, and raising awareness: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 in the shadow of Oct. 7.

 View of Lublin Street in Chełm, Poland, pre-war. (Courtesy Yad Vashem, Source: ‘Chelm Yizkor Buch,’ published by the Chelmner Landsmannschaft in Yiddish, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1954)

Yad Vashem, Prison Service reveal Holocaust education for inmates

This joint Yad Vashem and Israel Prison Service initiative is part of a broader educational movement within the penal system.

 Inmates take part in program that teaches Holocaust education.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Six stories of survival, resilience

The heart-wrenching Holocaust stories of Pnina Hefer, Allegra Gutta, Arie Eitani, Raisa Brodsky, Michael Bar-On, and Izi Kabilio.

 A SURVIVOR lights a torch at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021.

Grapevine, May 2, 2024: Heroes and heroines

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

UK officials cover London Holocaust memorial over vandalization fears

The Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park, London, was covered by officials in fear that it might be vandalized by pro-Palestinian protesters.

 A woman and a child stand next to the Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park, covered by a tarpaulin, on the day of a march in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, April 27, 2024.

Yad Vashem Chairman to Columbia president: 'The time has come for you to take a stand'

Dayan implored Dr. Shafik to “lead with moral principles, not only with administrative regulations. Speak up.”

 DANI DAYAN at Yad Vashem – caught in a cross fire.