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Event in Berlin
marking Yad Vashem’s 50th year
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Left to right: Actress Iris Berben, Director of the International
Relations Division’s German-speaking Desk Arik Rav-On, Chancellor
Gerhard Schröder, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner
Shalev, clarinetist Giora Feidman |
On 2 December an event marking Yad
Vashem’s 50th anniversary was held at the Deutsche Oper
in Berlin. The audience included Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the
Chairman of the Bundestag, government ministers, the Head Mayor of
the State of Berlin, some one hundred Members of Parliament,
Senators of the Parliament of Berlin, Israel’s Ambassador to
Germany Shimon Stein and other ambassadors and members of the
diplomatic corps, Chairperson of the Freundeskreis Yad Vashem
Professor Dr. Rita Süssmuth and members of the Freundeskreis
Committee, Representative of the Zentralrat de Juden in
Deutschland and presidents and members of the Board of Jewish
Communities in Germany, presidents and representatives of Israeli
organizations in Germany and other notable figures. The MC was
actress Iris Berben.
In his address, Chancellor Schröder
praised the efforts of Yad Vashem in preserving the memory of the
Shoah: “Holocaust remembrance allows us to live in a world where
every person may live in mutual respect, with humanity, and
especially in peace.” The event featured music performed by the
German Symphony Orchestra conducted by Israel Yinon and guest
artists, and was broadcast live on Radio Berlin.
Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust
Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority |
