Yad Vashem Chooses Germany for First Overseas Education Centers
The centers will be developed with German partners to preserve Holocaust memory and expand education as survivor testimony grows harder to pass on.
- On Thursday, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Yad Vashem, announced it will establish its first Holocaust Education Center outside Israel in Munich and Leipzig, Germany.
- For the first time in its 73-year history, Yad Vashem is expanding beyond the Jewish state to combat historical distortion and rising antisemitism across Europe.
- German Education Minister Karen Prien said one goal is to "combat antisemitism across Germany and Europe," noting many young people still know too little about the Shoah.
- Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan emphasized that working with German partners will help preserve Holocaust truth, while Wenzel Michalski, chair of the Berlin-based Friends of Yad Vashem, noted new storytelling methods are needed.
- Programming is expected to begin in three years, with a brainstorming meeting tentatively planned for early next year as the institution develops its educational framework.
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The first foreign branch of the Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem is to be established in Munich. As Yad Vashem announced, the educational center will open within three years. In Leipzig, a branch office will also be created primarily for educators.
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The ForwardYad Vashem chooses Germany for first overseas education centers
BERLIN – For the first time in its 73-year history, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum and archive, is establishing educational centers outside the Jewish state. The institution announced in a statement Thursday that the first centers will be in Germany — one in Munich, and a subsidiary in Leipzig. The Conference of European Rabbis, which moved to Munich from London in 2023, said it looked forward to working together with the new cen…
Yad Vashem to Open First Overseas Holocaust Education Centre in Munich
Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has announced plans to open its first educational centre outside Israel in Munich, Germany. The facility, expected to open within the next three years, will aim to expand the organisation’s educational and commemorative work across Germany and neighbouring countries. Munich was chosen in part for its historical significance as the city where the Nazi party was founded. A smaller satellite centre is also pla…
The world's largest Holocaust memorial responds to increasing anti-Semitism. "The knowledge about what was is important to prevent the evil in the future," says Federal Minister of Education Prien.
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