Yad Vashem
@yadvashem
World center for Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration. A dynamic place of inter-generational and international encounter.
ID:33189473
http://www.yadvashem.org 19-04-2009 12:33:14
15,3K Tweets
99,3K Followers
337 Following
Follow People
#WorldBookDay
The Nazis burnt thousands of anti-Nazi, Jewish-authored, and 'degenerate' books
This book-burning exhibit at Yad Vashem symbolizes Hitler's rise to power & the intensity of the Nazi revolution; the books are all copies of those that were burnt by the Nazis
#SaturdayNightArt
This handwritten 1941 #Passover Haggadah from the Gurs camp opens with a #watercolor by Fritz Schleifer
It depicts Rabbi Ansbacher delivering a sermon to a large number of people during the #Yizkor prayer on the last day of Passover 1941
ow.ly/G79J50Rb891
#PhotoFriday
These post-war photographs of Holocaust #survivors celebrating #Passover in DP camps and children's homes are poignant testimonials to Jewish resilience and continuity
Explore more in our Passover exhibition 'And You Shall Tell Your Children' ow.ly/6fQI50Iz7L9
Pres. יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog presented a volume of Talmud that survived the Holocaust to @YadVashem.
▸The Israeli leader's grandfather received the Pesachim Tractate after it was found in the Bürgerbräukeller beer hall in Munich in 1945.
Report by etgar lefkovits
jns.org/herzog-gives-t…