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ISRAEL  (IINO)  

[Ed.:  This evening, April 18th, begins Holocaust Memorial Day, April 19th.]

The Auschwitz Album- Visual Evidence of the Process Leading to the Mass Murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau   [5:41]  Yad Vashem    2,903,696 views  Nov 9, 2017

The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.

Five things you may not have known about Holocaust Memorial Day   ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ

“He renews my life; He guides me in right paths as befits His name.” Psalm 23:3  (THE ISRAEL BIBLE)

APRIL 17, 2023 – On Monday evening as the sun sets and the  27th day of the month of Nisan begins, Jews around the world will be commemorating the somber Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day), or, as it is generally called, Yom Hashoah. On this day, we remember the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period.

Here are five things you may not have known about Yom Hashoah and the Holocaust.

[Ed.:  ‘Blessed is the True Judge’]

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks:

REFLECTIONS FROM AUSCHWITZ

Read reflections from Rabbi Sacks after his first visit to Auschwitz in 1995.  Read

YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION

Watch Rabbi Sacks’ address at the 2013 National Yom HaShoah Commemoration in London.  View

QUESTIONS ON THE HOLOCAUST

Discover some of the most significant questions that the Holocaust raises in this video series produced in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust in 2020.  Explore

A CALL TO REMEMBER

Delve into the story of Janusz Korczak and the resilience of the human spirit in this Jewish News article by Rabbi Sacks from 2012.  Read

CEREMONY & CELEBRATION: FAMILY EDITION

Explore the Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, a comprehensive resource designed for families, educators, and students of all ages that offers key insights into Yom HaShoah.  View and download

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