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Avner Shalev
Dani Dayan, director of Yad Vashem
July 24, 2021, 5:20 pm
Dani Dayan, ex diplomat at UN, picked to chair Israel’s Holocaust museum
Forme consul general in New York and settler leader will lead Yad Vashem, following controversy over who would succeed the head of the museum
By JTA
Avner Shalev
June 22, 2020, 11:19 am
Chair of Yad Vashem to stand down after 27 years at the helm
Avner Shalev, 81, wrote to employees saying he is stepping aside following a period of 'thorough self-examination'
By Jewish News Reporter
Sebastian Kurz and Yad Vashem's chair Avner Shalev signing the historic agreement in 2018 Credit: @yadvashem on Twittr
June 11, 2018, 1:04 pm
Austrian chancellor visits Israel and signs agreement with Yad Vashem
Sebastian Kurz begins visit to Jewish state by signing agreement to give the Shoah memorial museum access to Austrian State Archives and the Mauthausen Memorial
By JTA
Serge Klarsfeld was awarded the highest recognition of the Auschwitz Museum's - “Light of Remembrance”. Source: @AuschwitzMuseum on Twitter
May 16, 2017, 9:57 am
Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld honoured by Auschwitz Museum
Romanian child survivor recognised with the 'Light of Memory' award in Izieu, France
By JTA
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