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This week on Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel, we join the global community in honoring and remembering the six million souls lost in Hitler’s genocide as the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
For this special episode, we speak with Avner Shalev, the outgoing head of Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial and museum. The 82-year-old Shalev has been serving at the helm of Yad Vashem for over 27 years, and International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established during his tenure.
He shares his thoughts about the United Nations’ 2005 adoption of January 27 as the international memorial day for Holocaust victims, before we jump back to the present day for a sobering discussion about governments that cynically politicize Holocaust history. We also touch on researchers’ undying battle for truth, and what Yad Vashem holds beyond the museum building itself.