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The Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Heroism was closed with a ceremony at the Kibbutz Holami Hagatot - voila! news

2023-04-18T17:20:02.341Z


The rally, which has been held in the kibbutz every year since 1949, will be held this year to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. During the ceremony, beacons will be lit and the life stories of 6 Holocaust survivors will be told. In addition, a holocaust survivor will lay a Hassidic Ulam wreath. The ceremony will be attended by Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and General Uri Gordin


Direct: Closing ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day and Heroism (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)

The Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Heroism will be closed this evening (Tuesday) at Kibbutz Holami Hagaot.

The rally will be held under the banner of "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - School for Humanity" to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the President of the Supreme Court, Judge Ester Hayut, will be present and the Commander of the Northern Command, Commander Uri Gordin, will also speak.



Yigal Cohen, the CEO of the Ghetto Fighters House Museum, said before the ceremony that "lighters of the beacons bring with them different aspects of the concept of heroism.

A heroism that is reflected in their biographies during the Holocaust and after it, in their revival and their great contribution to Israeli society and society in general." The



annual closing assembly at the Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz has been held every year since 1949, with the establishment of the kibbutz and the Ghetto Fighters House - the first Holocaust museum in the world and the only one established by Holocaust survivors. During the rally, a torch-lighting ceremony was held in which the life stories of six Holocaust survivors will be noted, in addition to the laying of a wreath by a Holocaust survivor.

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In a column published by the CEO of the Ghetto Fighters' House in Walla this weekend, he connected the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the protests against the legal revolution. of understanding the past, and learning from it for the future we would like to have," he wrote.



Cohen's words caused an uproar on the right, and MK Hanoch Milbitsky of the Likud read, "The comparison between today's Israeli reality and the Holocaust is reserved for the delusional, sleepwalking, and anti-Zionist fringes of the Israeli left. The fact that "The House of Ghetto Fighters, which is entrusted with sanctifying the memory of the Holocaust, dishonors the memory of those who perished as well as the heroism of the Jewish rebellion against the Nazis, will not be put on the agenda.

The CEO must retract his words or resign."

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