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Yad Vashem
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yadvashem
Jerusalem, Israel
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World center for Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration. A dynamic place of inter-generational and international encounter.
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Yad Vashem
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#PhotoFriday
#OTD 13 September 1944, a @usairforce mission captured aerial photographs of the #Auschwitz Birkenau extermination camp.
Learn the story behind these photographs at our mini exhibition from YV's collections "Through the Lens of History" ow.ly/pPjB50w6pSM pic.twitter.com/kpgvRVU0qC
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Yad Vashem
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#OTD September 13 1941 Jews in the Tauragē ghetto were told they were to be moved to a location with better conditions... 3 days later they were loaded on to trucks and shot in to mass graves at a nearby forest.
Learn about this Jewish community here ow.ly/bCQt50w6qow pic.twitter.com/yJNzdPS0zi
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Yad Vashem
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#ShoahStory
Despite the order to deport the Jews of Bulgaria-proper to extermination camps, certain community leaders launched a campaign to stop the deportation.
These #Holocaust survivors recount the individuals who aided the rescue of Bulgarian Jewry youtu.be/YmoHNZvSrwQ
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 11 |
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#VideoWednesday "Antisemitism in the Far-Right"
What characterizes today's political far-right? What commonalities do they hold, and where does antisemitism fall within their ideologies?
Explore these questions in this excerpt of YV's free online course youtu.be/S4l9A_j59F8
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 11 |
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#OTD 11 September 1942
5 weeks after having been torn from his mother’s arms, 2 year old Richard Frenkel was deported to #Auschwitz, on a wagon full of strangers. His parents had already been murdered in Auschwitz.
Learn more about his family here ow.ly/pV1K50w2kpt pic.twitter.com/39JblGjIVU
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Yad Vashem
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#OTD 10 September 1942
Margarete Gertrude Neumann, the youngest child of Zionist visionary & founder of modern Political Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was deported to Terezin, where she perished.
Learn more about this transport here ow.ly/BPkG50w3UFG pic.twitter.com/0AiulOwysz
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 10 |
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Opening Hours Announcement:
Reminder that Yad Vashem will be closed next week, Tuesday September 17th, for Israel's general election day.
View our complete opening hours here ow.ly/J6FP50w2kbJ pic.twitter.com/EI8P18S3FT
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 9 |
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#OTD 9 September 1943, German forces landed in Zakinthos.
Refusing Nazi orders to prepare a list of local Jews, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Dimitrios Chrysostomos wrote his own name down and said: "Here is the list of Jews you require"
Learn more here ow.ly/GLUT50w1fzI pic.twitter.com/h0ExEUIT45
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 9 |
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Yad Vashem's **free** online course "Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present" begins TODAY! You can still sign up >> ow.ly/hnDQ50w2evb
Watch this excerpt from one of the many topics covered during the course: "Antisemitism after the Holocaust"
youtu.be/SosB7UDlKgw
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Yad Vashem
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Righteous Among the Nations, Berendina (Diet) Eman was one of the founders of the “Help Each other In Need” Group which helped saved Jews during the Holocaust. Eman died earlier this week at 99 years old.
Read more about her rescue activity here ow.ly/l8oN50w1hZ4
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 8 |
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#ArtifactOfTheWeek
Just over 77 years have passed since Heinz Schwartz's Bar Mitzvah date. Despite being separated from his parents, they were able to send him a final parting gift to mark the day. They were later deported from Gurs to #Auschwitz
See more ow.ly/OODo50w1fG9 pic.twitter.com/k9EHQGNKQC
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 8 |
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#OTD 8 September 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allied forces.
Learn how this affected the Jewish community of Ioannina (previously occupied by Italy) including the requirement to register and adhere to a strict curfew ow.ly/xBgX50w1fpy pic.twitter.com/RjC8Riqspl
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 7 |
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Before the war, #tennis player Daniel Prenn was ranked # 1 in Germany.Soon after the Nazi rise to power, he was barred from competing because he was #Jewish
Prenn was born #OTD 7 September 1904. See more at YV's exhibit "Jews & Sport Before the Holocaust" ow.ly/iQs150vUiXf pic.twitter.com/ZBbnXqyuLK
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 7 |
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#SaturdayNightArt
Our new online exhibition marks 80 years since the outbreak of #WW2, which follows the fate of Jewish families in 1939 on the brink of war.
It includes Felix Nussbaum's piece, "The Great Disaster" which he created circa 1939.
Learn more ow.ly/60LA50vUito pic.twitter.com/lpopxAZpWQ
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 6 |
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#PhotoFriday
This week, students around the world went #BackToSchool for the new school year. Pictured below are Jewish students and teachers photographed together during the #Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/SI1xCyDMTN
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 5 |
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#ShoahStory "From the Holocaust to the Secret Service"
In September 1943, Michael Maor's family fled to partisan controlled territory. After the #Holocaust, he arrived in Eretz Israel.
He became an athletic champion and was later recruited by the Mossad youtu.be/oFKML7I41GE
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 5 |
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Robert and Gabriele Beck are pictured below on their wedding day #OTD 5 September 1915. Their stories are included in YV's new online exhibition "1939: Jewish Families on the Brink of War"
Learn their fate here ow.ly/ThDf50vUhlT
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 4 |
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#VideoWednesday
This week, teachers worldwide are also going #BackToSchool. YV's website offers educational materials to help #teachers educate about the Holocaust in their classrooms.
This video introduces "Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto" youtu.be/jk-sJADfWrU?t=2
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 3 |
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View some of the events that took place during the month of September in #Holocaust history youtu.be/-s_Eeyt9Umw
Yad Vashem's website offers extensive information and resources related to the Holocaust, including "This Month in Holocaust #History"
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Yad Vashem
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Sep 3 |
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As we prepare to go #BackToSchool, explore stories of teachers who risked their lives rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.
They felt it was their duty not only to instill values in the classroom, but to live by those ideals, even at the risk to their lives ow.ly/Xzhh50vUf6i pic.twitter.com/9DazuzcjUj
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